flagito Latin · revision 30967

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *flāg-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɫaː.ɡɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈflaː.d͡ʒi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flāgitō''' (present infinitive flāgitāre, perfect active flāgitāvī, supine flāgitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the old passive infinitive ''flāgitārier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ De Vaan takes it as a frequentative of a lost verb ⟨*flāgō⟩ “to whip”, from [[itc-pro|*flāg-e/o-|t=to whip]], so first “to whip as a punishment”, then “to scold”; it would then belong with [[m|la|flagrum|t=whip]], and perhaps with [[non|blaka|t=to flap, beat]] and [[lt|blokšti|t=to fling]], from [[ine-pro|*bʰleh₂g-]], but these cognates are not certain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The OLD gives the link with ⟨flagrum⟩ as possible, and the TLL calls the origin unknown.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008) In the prologue of the ''Menaechmi'' a lost boy is loudly called for: ''illum clāmōre vīdī flāgitārier''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to beset someone with demands, to importune, and especially to dun a debtor: Cicero says it is easy to deal well with those who seem to press us even when silent.^(OLD 2012) In Tacitus it is to summon for trial, and a jurist uses it of seducing a woman.^(OLD 2012) It is to ask someone repeatedly for something (Plautus: you press me to speak out) and to clamour for a thing;^(OLD 2012) Cicero has what the ears of men demand.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “beseech, entreat, demand earnestly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of demanding a person and pressing someone to speak.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of importuning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of summoning for trial.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To press with demands, [[m|en|importune]]; to dun (a debtor).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|summon]] to trial.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To ask repeatedly, [[m|en|entreat]], solicit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|demand]], clamour for.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To seduce (a woman).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[difflāgitō]]

+ * [[efflāgitō]]

+ * [[flāgitātiō]]

+ * [[flāgitātor]]

+ * [[flagitatrix]]

+ * [[flāgitium]]

+ * [[reflāgitō]]

+ * [[flāgitātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flagrum]]

+ * [[poscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}