gluttio Latin · revision 10009

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡɫʊt.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɡlut.ti.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gluttiō''' (present infinitive gluttīre, perfect active gluttīvī or gluttiī, supine gluttītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''glūtiō''.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the root ⟨glutt-, glūt-⟩ also seen in [[glūtō]] “glutton”, with [[m|la|-iō]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls it probably cognate with [[gula]] “throat” and [[ingluviēs]] “crop, gluttony”, and compares Russian ⟨глотать⟩ “to swallow”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Plautus' ''Persa''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to swallow, gulp down, as in Plautus and Juvenal, and in Pliny to choke back the voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''glut'' (early 14th century) is from it through Old French ''glotir'', and ''glutton'' comes from the related ''glūtō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''glut'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|swallow]], gulp down.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To choke back (the voice).^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēgluttiō]]

+ * [[gluttō]]

+ * [[gluttus]]

+ * [[inglutio]]

+ * [[sugglutiō]]

+ * [[transglutio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gula]]

+ * [[glūtō]]

+ * [[ingluviēs]]

+ * [[en|glut]]

+ * [[en|glutton]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD has a separate onomatopoeic ''gluttiō'' “to cluck”, of a broody hen.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}