concurro Latin · revision 30659

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *kr̥s-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔŋˈkʊr.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koŋˈkur.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concurrō''' (present infinitive concurrere, perfect active concurrī, supine concursum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Varro, Livy, Seneca, Pliny the Elder and Suetonius have the reduplicated perfect ''concucurrī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|currō|t2=to run]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|currō]] to [[itc-pro|*korse/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*kr̥s-e/o-|t=to run]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008) who writes of armies that ''ānsātīs concurrunt undique tēlīs'', “charge from all sides with thonged spears”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Concurrō'' is to run together, hurry to one place, flock together, and to come in crowds for some purpose, ''ad arma concurrere'' is to rush to arms.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In battle it is to charge each other, and of things to collide (Varro, of tides meeting in a strait, Lucretius).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of events it is to happen at the same time, coincide, and of facts or statements to agree, fit together (Terence: many things come together that point to this guess).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “assemble, join, concur, collaborate; happen, meet; compete”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|concur]] (early 15th century) first meant “to clash”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''concurrunt undique tēlīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of meeting tides.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|concur]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To run together, flock together, assemble.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To resort (to); ''ad arma concurrere'', to rush to arms.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To charge, engage in battle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|collide]], clash.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|coincide]], happen together.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To agree, fit together, [[m|en|concur]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concursiō]]

+ * [[concursus]]

+ * [[concursō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[concursātiō]]

+ * [[concursātor]]

+ * [[concursātōrius]]

+ * [[currō]]

+ * [[occurrō]]

+ * [[en|concur]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}