propero Latin · revision 18169

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la properus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈprɔ.pɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈprɔː.pe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''properō''' (present infinitive properāre, perfect active properāvī, supine properātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|properus|t=quick, hasty]] with the verb ending ⟨-ō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The origin of [[m|la|properus]] is doubtful: Walde and Hofmann suggested ⟨*pro-parāre⟩ “to bring forward”,^(Köbler 2010) and Wiktionary derives it from [[m|la|prō-]] and the root of [[m|la|parō|t=to prepare]], “readiness”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus: ''properā, amābō'', “hurry, please”.^(OLD 2012) Plautus also has ''quō properās?'', “where are you hurrying to?”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Properāre'' is intransitively “to act with haste, hurry, be quick”, often in commands with a second verb (''properā atque abī'', “hurry up and go”), “to be in a hurry”, and “to go quickly” to a place (Cicero: ''properāns Brundisium'', “hurrying to Brundisium”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Transitively it is “to do or prepare in haste” (Plautus: ''properāte prandium'', “get lunch ready quickly”) and “to hasten, speed up”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) L&S note that this use is mostly poetic and post-Augustan, as in Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “hasten, hurry”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''properā, amābō'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''quō properās?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''properāns Brundisium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it transitively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|hurry]], be quick, make haste.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To be in a hurry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go quickly, [[m|en|hasten]] (to a place).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To do or prepare in haste; to speed up, accelerate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[approperō]]

+ * [[dēproperō]]

+ * [[exproperō]]

+ * [[improperātus]]

+ * [[improperō]]

+ * [[properabilis]]

+ * [[properantia]]

+ * [[properātim]]

+ * [[properātiō]]

+ * [[properanter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[properus]]

+ * [[properē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}