porro Latin · revision 17995

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''porrō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ An archaic ''porod'' may be found in an inscription from Praeneste.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) It is very like [[grc|πόρρω|tr=pórrhō|t=forward, far off]] in form and use, and the OLD calls it cognate with that word and its older form [[m|grc|πρόσω|tr=prósō]];^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) ancient grammarians connected them,^(Wiktionary) but the older Greek form does not match the Latin well, and adverbs are seldom borrowed.^(Wiktionary) Köbler traces it to [[ine-pro|*porsōd|t=beside, near]], from the root of [[m|ine-pro|*per-|t=forward, through]].^(Köbler 2010) Nussbaum, reported by de Vaan, tentatively derives it from [[ine-pro|*pro-]] with an adverbial ⟨*-s⟩ and the ending ⟨-ō⟩ of [[intrō]] and [[ultrō]], through ⟨*prs-ō⟩ and ⟨*porsō⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''inde ībis porrō in lautumiās lapidāriās'', “from there you will go on to the stone quarries”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Porrō'' is “straight on, forward, onward” in space, and in time “hereafter, in future” (Plautus: ''gubernābunt doctius porrō'', “they will steer more wisely in future”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) With a continuing action it is “on, further” (''porrō loquere'', “go on speaking”), and it introduces a further stage, “in turn”, a new item, “besides, next”, and a new argument, “furthermore, moreover”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In early, poetic and Late Latin it is also static, “far off, yonder”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “farther on, afterwards, next, furthermore, then”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''inde ībis porrō'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''porrō loquere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Straight on, [[m|en|forward]], onward.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Hereafter, in future.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Further, on (of a continuing action).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In turn (introducing a further stage).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Besides, next (introducing a new item).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|furthermore]], moreover;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''nec porrō'': nor yet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Far off, yonder.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōporrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}