vacuo Latin · revision 10004

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₁weh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwa.ku.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvaː.ku.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vacuō''' (present infinitive vacuāre, perfect active vacuāvī, supine vacuātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vacuus|-ō|t1=empty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs a Proto-Italic adjective ⟨*wako-⟩ “empty”, from [[ine-pro|*h₁uh₂-ko-]], behind [[vacō]] and ⟨vacuus⟩, with Umbrian ⟨anter.vakaze⟩ “let there be an interruption” as a cognate.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Lucretius, of emptying.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to empty, clear, void, as in Lucretius and Columella, and in Martial to clear a place or household of people, and Lewis & Short call it mostly post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to make empty, empty, void.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of clearing a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|empty]], clear.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To clear (a place) of people.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vacuus]]

+ * [[ēvacuō]]

+ * [[vacō]]

+ * [[en|evacuate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}