reviso

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [rɛˈwiː.soː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈviː.s̬o]^[1]

Forms

revīsō (present infinitive revīsere, perfect active revīsī, supine revīsum); third conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin re- + vīsō (“to go to see”), from Proto-Italic ⟨*wreweidsō⟩.^[2][1] De Vaan explains ⟨vīsō⟩ as an ⟨s⟩-desiderative ⟨*weid-s-ō⟩ of videō, Proto-Indo-European *wid-eh₁- (“to see”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of paying another visit.^[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant intransitively to come back to see, pay another visit, as in Plautus' ad aliquem revīsere, and transitively to go and see again, revisit, return to, as in Cicero.^[2][5]

English revise (1560s, first “to look at again”) is from it through French.^[6]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[2][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of revisiting.^[2][4]
• 1560s – English revise is recorded.^[6]

Meanings

Verb

1. To come back to see, visit again.^[2][7]
2. To revisit, return to.^[2]

Related words

• vīsō
• videō
• English revise

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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
7. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press