oppugno Latin · revision 30793

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * Ecclesiastical: [opˈpuɲ.ɲo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oppugnō''' (present infinitive oppugnāre, perfect active oppugnāvī, supine oppugnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

+ Plautus has the old future infinitive ''oppugnāssere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|pugnō|t1=against|t2=to fight]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Wiktionary derives [[m|la|pugnō]] from [[m|la|pugnus|t=fist]], from [[itc-pro|*pugnos]] and [[ine-pro|*pewǵ-|t=to prick, punch]], the root of [[m|la|pungō|t=to prick]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus: ''sēsē … oppidum oppugnāssere'', “that they would storm the town”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Oppugnō'' is a military word, to attack a fortified place or its defenders, assault, storm, besiege.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Transferred, it is to oppose or attack a person or his plans in word or deed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “attack, storm, besiege”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|oppugn]] (early 15th century), “to fight against, oppose”, comes from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''oppidum oppugnāssere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|attack]], [[m|en|assault]], storm, [[m|en|besiege]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To oppose, attack (a person, his plans).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oppugnātiō]]

+ * [[oppugnātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pugnō]]

+ * [[pugna]]

+ * [[pugnus]]

+ * [[expugnō]]

+ * [[impugnō]]

+ * [[en|oppugn]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short list a separate ''oppugnō'' “to beat with the fists, buffet”, from ''ob'' and ''[[pugnus]]'', found once in Plautus (''ōs oppugnāre'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}