posthabeo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [pɔs(t)ˈ(ɦ)a.be.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [postˈaː.be.o]^[1]

Forms

posthabeō (present infinitive posthabēre, perfect active posthabuī, supine posthabitum); second conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin post- (“after”) + habeō (“to have, hold”).^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨habeō⟩ to Proto-Italic *xab-ē- (“has taken, has”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁b- (“to take”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence's Phormio, omnēs posthabuī mihi rēs “I put everything else second”.^[2][4] Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant to treat as less important, put second, neglect, as in Terence, Caesar and Cicero's omnibus rēbus posthabitīs “setting everything else aside”, and to postpone, as in Livy.^[2][4][6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to esteem less, ignore, omit, postpone, neglect.^[7]

Timeline

• 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^[2][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[6][5]
• 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of postponing.^[2][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To treat as less important, put second, neglect.^[2][4]
2. To postpone.^[2]

Related words

• habeō
• antehabeō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson