usurpo Latin · revision 10046

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=la ūsus, la rapiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [uːˈsuːr.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [uˈs̬ur.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūsūrpō''' (present infinitive ūsūrpāre, perfect active ūsūrpāvī, supine ūsūrpātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨*ūsūripō⟩, from [[ūsus]] “use” and [[rapiō]] “to seize”, so “to seize for one's use”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨ūtor⟩, the base of ⟨ūsus⟩, to Proto-Italic ⟨*oit-e/o-⟩ “to use”, perhaps [[ine-pro|*h₃eyt-|t=to take along]], and ⟨rapiō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁rp-i-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Ennius, of using a word, and Plautus, of practising and of perceiving.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC and Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to put into practice, perform regularly, and to make habitual use of, employ, as in Plautus; to use a word or name, as in Ennius and Cicero; with ''oculīs'' or ''auribus'' to perceive; and in Cicero to take possession of property on one's own initiative without strict legal title, and to assert a right by exercising it.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to usurp, make use of, assert a right, take possession of, seize wrongfully.^(Stelten 1995) English ''usurp'' (early 14th century) is from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of using a word.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of practice and perception.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of taking possession.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take possession of, [[m|en|usurp]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To assert (a right) by exercising it.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To practise; to make use of, [[m|en|employ]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To use (a word), call by a name.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To [[m|en|perceive]] (with the senses).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[usurpabilis]]

+ * [[ūsūrpātiō]]

+ * [[usurpatiuus]]

+ * [[usurpator]]

+ * [[usurpatorius]]

+ * [[ūsūrpātrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūsūrpātīvē]]

+ * [[ūsus]]

+ * [[rapiō]]

+ * [[en|usurp]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}