deputo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.pʊ.toː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.pu.to]^[1]

Forms

dēputō (present infinitive dēputāre, perfect active dēputāvī, supine dēputātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from dē- and putō “to prune; to reckon”.^[2][1][3][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of pruning vines.^[2][5] Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

In farming it meant to prune, cut back, as Cato's vines and Columella's trees, and to cut off a shoot.^[2][5][7] From Plautus it meant to regard, reckon as, as his mē quōvīs malō dignum dēputō “I think myself worthy of any punishment”, and to assign to a group.^[2][7] In Ulpian it meant to second, post away, centuriō dēputātus a centurion seconded for service.^[2] In Late Latin it meant to destine, allot.^[4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to depute, appoint, count, assign, prune, condemn.^[8] It survives in Italian deputare and Spanish diputar, and Old French deputer gave English depute in the mid-14th century, and députer gave English deputy about 1400.^[1][4]

Timeline

• 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of pruning vines.^[2][6]
• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of reckoning.^[2][6]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of seconding soldiers.^[2][6]
• mid-14th century – English depute is recorded.^[4]

Meanings

Verb

1. To prune, cut back; to cut off.^[2]
2. To regard as; to classify.^[2]
3. To second, post away.^[2]
4. (Late Latin) To destine, allot; to depute.^[4][8]

Related words

• putō
• English depute
• English deputy

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d e Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
8. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson