dispendo Latin · revision 10010

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *(s)pend-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dispendō''' (present infinitive dispendere, perfect active dispendī, supine dispēnsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|pendō|t2=to weigh, pay]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pendō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pend-e/o-|t=to hang; weigh]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*(s)pend-|t=to spin]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Varro's ''Dē linguā Latīnā''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to weigh out, distribute by paying or weighing out, as in Varro, and Lewis & Short call it ante- and post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to weigh out, dispense.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To weigh out, [[m|en|distribute]], [[m|en|dispense]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dispendium]]

+ * [[dispensiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pendō]]

+ * [[dispēnsō]]

+ * [[expendō]]

+ * [[en|dispense]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A second ''dispendō'' is a by-form of ''dispandō'' “to spread out”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}