condemno Latin · revision 18064

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dh₂p-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈdɛm.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈdɛm.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condemnō''' (present infinitive condemnāre, perfect active condemnāvī, supine condemnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has ''condumno'', and manuscripts often spell it ''condempno''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|con-|damnō|t2=to condemn]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it with [[m|la|damnō]] under [[m|la|damnum|t=loss, damage]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*dapno-]] and [[ine-pro|*dh₂p-no-|t=expense, investment]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the TLL date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) who has ''apud iūdicem hunc argentī condemnābō'', “I'll get him condemned for the money before a judge”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Condemnāre'' is the legal term “to pass sentence on, condemn”, in criminal or civil cases, with the charge in the genitive and the penalty in the ablative or with ''ad''; its opposite is ''absolvō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also “to condemn to pay”, “to bind to fulfil a promise”, and “to get someone condemned” as prosecutor.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is “to convict” of an error, and “to blame, censure” (Cicero).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to condemn”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|condemn]] comes from it, partly through Old French, in the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''apud iūdicem hunc argentī condemnābō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''hunc per iūdicem condemnābis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|condemn]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(law)'' To [[m|en|condemn]], sentence, [[m|en|convict]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To get (someone) condemned.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To accuse, charge.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To prove guilty (of an error).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To blame, [[m|en|censure]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condemnabilis]]

+ * [[condemnātiō]]

+ * [[condemnātor]]

+ * [[incondemnātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[damnō]]

+ * [[damnum]]

+ * [[absolvō]]

+ * [[en|condemn]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}