corporo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔr.pɔ.roː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔr.po.ro]^[1]

Forms

corporō (present infinitive corporāre, perfect active corporāvī, supine corporātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from corpus “body” with the verb suffix ⟨-ō⟩.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, “to strike dead”, that is, to make into a corpse.^[2] Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

In Ennius it meant to kill.^[2] In Pliny the Elder it meant to form into a body, give a body to, and in Apuleius to form a corporate society.^[2]

Its participle corporātus gave English corporate in the early 15th century, “united in one body, constituted as a legal corporation”.^[4] Its compound incorporō gave English incorporate.^[4]

Timeline

• 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of killing.^[2][3]
• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of forming a body.^[2][3]
• early 15th century – English corporate is recorded.^[4]

Meanings

Verb

1. To strike dead.^[2]
2. To form into a body.^[2]
3. To form (a corporation).^[2]

Word family

• accorporō
• concorporō
• corporasco
• corporātiō
• corporatiuus
• corporātūra
• incorporō
• recorporo

Related words

• corpus
• English corporate

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com