impetro Latin · revision 18004

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ph₂tḗr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪm.pɛ.troː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈim.pe.tro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impetrō''' (present infinitive impetrāre, perfect active impetrāvī, supine impetrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inpetrō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Plautus has the future infinitive ''impetrāssere'' and the passive infinitive ''impetrārier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|in-|patrō|t1=in|t2=to accomplish]], like [[perpetrō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|patrō]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|pater|t=father]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr|t=father]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''quod mē ōrābis impetrābis'', “what you ask of me you shall obtain”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Impetrāre'' is “to obtain by request or entreaty”, to get what one asks for, with an accusative or with ''ut'' (Plautus: ''quod mē mīserās, afferō omne impetrātum'', “I bring everything you sent me for, granted”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Of things it is “to succeed in gaining”, as Cicero writes that reason should achieve what time will achieve anyway.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to obtain, gain, effect, accomplish”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quod mē ōrābis impetrābis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of reason achieving what time would.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|obtain]] (by request or entreaty), get one's request.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To succeed in gaining, achieve, [[m|en|accomplish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impetrābilis]]

+ * [[impetrātiō]]

+ * [[impetratiuus]]

+ * [[impetrator]]

+ * [[impetratus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[patrō]]

+ * [[perpetrō]]

+ * [[pater]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}