marito Latin · revision 10029

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [maˈriː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [maˈriː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''marītō''' (present infinitive marītāre, perfect active marītāvī, supine marītātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|marītus|-ō|t1=husband; married]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨marītus⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*mareito-⟩ “having a young woman”, from [[ine-pro|*mor-(e)i-|t=young woman]], cognate with [[cy|morwyn|t=maiden]] and [[grc|μεῖραξ|tr=meîrax|t=girl, youth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Varro, of mating animals.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to mate or pair animals and birds, as in Varro; to join vines to the trees that support them, as in Horace; to fertilize plants, as in Pliny; and, post-Augustan, to give in marriage, marry, and in the passive to get married, as in Tacitus and Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''marry'' (c. 1300) is from it through Old French ''marier''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of vines and trees.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''marry'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|marry]], give in marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|mate]] (animals).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fertilize (plants).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To wed (vines to trees).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[marītus]]

+ * [[marīta]]

+ * [[mātrimōnium]]

+ * [[en|marry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}