fructifico Latin · revision 10183

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Calpurnius Siculus|origins=la frūctus, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fruːkˈtɪ.fɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [frukˈtiː.fi.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''frūctificō''' (present infinitive frūctificāre, perfect active frūctificāvī, supine frūctificātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[frūctus]] “fruit” and [[m|la|-ficō]] from [[faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨frūctus⟩, the noun of [[fruor]] “to enjoy”, to Proto-Italic ⟨*frūg-je/o-⟩, [[ine-pro|*bʰruHg-ye/o-|t=to use]], cognate with Oscan ⟨fruktatiuf⟩ “usufruct” and [[got|𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=brukjan|t=to use]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Calpurnius Siculus, ''laurus fructificat'' “the laurel bears fruit”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Post-classical, it meant of plants or land to bear fruit, produce new growth, as in Calpurnius and Tertullian, and transitively in Tertullian to procreate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to be fruitful.^(Stelten 1995) English ''fructify'' (mid-14th century) is from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''fructify'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bear [[m|en|fruit]], sprout.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To procreate.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[frūctificātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[frūctus]]

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[en|fructify]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}