age Latin · revision 18031

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''age''' (also ''agedum''; plural ''agite'', ''agitedum'')^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Terence, Tibullus, Lucretius, Horace and Ovid use only ''age'', and Catullus only ''agite''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the imperative singular of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive, do]], used as an interjection.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agō]] to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis & Short compare the same use of [[grc|ἄγε|tr=áge|t=come!]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius has ''age, adstā, manē, audī'', “come, stand by, wait, listen”, and Plautus ''age ī tū secundum'', “come on, follow me”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Age'' is a call to action, “come!, come on!”, often strengthened with ''dum'', ''iam'', ''nunc'', ''ergō'', ''sīs'' and other particles (Terence: ''age, dā veniam fīliō'', “come, forgive your son”, Virgil: ''ēia age'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The singular is also used with a plural verb (Plautus: ''age igitur, intrō abīte'', “come on then, go inside”).^(Lewis & Short 1879) In speech it marks a transition, “well then, well now”, as in Lucretius' ''nunc age'' and often in Cicero (''age porrō''), and in questions and exclamations in Seneca and Valerius Maximus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) It also expresses agreement, “very well, all right” (Cicero: ''age, iam concēdō'').^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''age, adstā, manē, audī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''age ī tū secundum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: ''nunc age''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''age, iam concēdō''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # Come!, come on!, [[m|en|quick]]! (urging action).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Well then, well now (in transitions).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

+ # Very well, all right (agreeing).^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[agedum]]

+ * [[ēia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}