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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la laudō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [alˈlau̯.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [alˈlaːu̯.do]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''allaudō''' (present infinitive allaudāre, perfect active allaudāvī, supine allaudātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''adlaudō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ad-|laudō|t2=to praise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short cite Plautus' ''Mercator'', ''ingenium adlaudat meum'' “he praises my talent”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to praise, commend, extol.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|praise]], commend.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[allaudabilis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[laudō]]
+ * [[laus]]
+ * [[collaudō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}