variego Latin · revision 10054

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Apuleius|origins=la varius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [waˈri.ɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [vaˈriː.e.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''variegō''' (present infinitive variegāre, perfect active variegāvī, supine variegātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[varius]] “various, variegated” with the suffix ⟨-egō⟩, as in verbs in [[m|la|-igō]], and Lewis & Short and Gaffiot analyse it as ⟨varius⟩ and [[agō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for ⟨varius⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Apuleius' ''Florida'', of a lyre gleaming with gold, ivory and gems, and Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to diversify with different colours, variegate, and intransitively to be variegated, adorned with many colours, as in Apuleius and Ausonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''variegate'' (1650s) is from its participle ''variegātus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''variegate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|variegate]], diversify with colours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To be many-coloured.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[varius]]

+ * [[variō]]

+ * [[en|variegated]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}