destituo Latin · revision 30894

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la dē-, ine-pro *steh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːsˈtɪ.tu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [desˈtiː.tu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēstituō''' (present infinitive dēstituere, perfect active dēstituī, supine dēstitūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dē-|statuō|t2=to set up, place]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The verb ⟨statuō⟩ belongs to [[m|la|stō|t=to stand]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*steh₂-|t=to stand]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Rudens'': ''duo dēstituit signa hīc'', “he has set up two statues here”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to set up or place, and to stand people where they can be seen, as Caecilius' man who placed all his slaves at table in front of him, Lewis and Short find this sense in early Latin and often in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From setting down and going away it is to leave someone isolated, as Cicero's man who, suddenly left alone, took fright, and of the sea leaving fish stranded on the shore in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) Most often it is to abandon or desert: Cicero complains he has been abandoned by everyone.^(OLD 2012) It is also to let someone down, to give up an activity, to disappoint expectations (Livy), and with an ablative to leave without: Laomedon cheated the gods of their agreed pay (Horace).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “abandon, leave alone”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of setting up statues.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius of placing slaves in view.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero in the sense “abandon”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of disappointed expectations.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set up, place; to set (persons) in view.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To leave alone, [[m|en|forsake]], [[m|en|abandon]], desert.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To let down, leave in the lurch; to [[m|en|disappoint]] (expectations).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give up (an activity).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with ablative)'' To leave without, deprive of; to cheat.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēstitūtiō]]

+ * [[destitūtor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[statuō]]

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[cōnstituō]]

+ * [[īnstituō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}