propages

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [proːˈpaː.ɡeːs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈpaː.d͡ʒes]^[1]

Forms

prōpāgēs f (genitive prōpāgis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from prō- and pangō “to fix” with -ēs, like compāgēs from ⟨compingō⟩; compare prōpāgō.^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨pangō⟩ to Proto-Indo-European *ph₂-n-ǵ- (“to attach”) and derives nouns in ⟨-pāgēs⟩ from the full grade ⟨*pāg-⟩.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Pacuvius.^[5] Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant a layer or set of a plant, for the usual prōpāgō, and so offspring, progeny, that which continues a stock.^[2][6]

Timeline

• 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. A layer, set (of a plant).^[6]
2. Offspring, progeny.^[2][6]

Related words

• prōpāgō
• pangō
• compāgēs

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c 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. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press