vos Latin · revision 17747

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *uōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwoːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɔs]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vōs''' ^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*wōs|t=you]], [[inh|ine-pro|*uōs]], originally the stressed accusative; the old nominative ⟨*iuH(s)⟩ was replaced by it, apparently already in Proto-Italic.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The genitive ⟨vestrum⟩ was first the genitive plural of [[vester]] and was later replaced by ⟨vestrī⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with Faliscan [[m|xfa|ues]], Paelignian [[m|pgn|uus]], [[sa|वः|tr=vaḥ]], [[ae|vō]] and [[cu|вы|tr=vy]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the Twelve Tables and, from Livius Andronicus on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Vōs'' is the plural of ''[[tū]]'': “you, ye”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of the genitives, ''vestrum'' is usually partitive and ''vestrī'' objective;^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Livius Andronicus and Plautus also have ''vostrōrum'' and ''vostrārum''.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) With ''cum'' it forms ''[[vōbīscum]]''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – Used in the Twelve Tables.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * c. 280–200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses the genitive ''vostrōrum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses the genitive ''vestrī''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # [[m|en|you]] (plural), ye.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vester]]

+ * [[vōbīscum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tū]]

+ * [[nōs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}