apto Latin · revision 31154

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pomponius (Atellan farce)|origins=ine-pro *h₁ep-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈap.toː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aptō''' (present infinitive aptāre, perfect active aptāvī, supine aptātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|aptus|t=fastened, fitting]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tō]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) or from [[m|la|apiō|t=to fasten]], as the TLL and Lewis and Short have it.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan takes ⟨apiō⟩ and ⟨aptus⟩ with [[m|la|apīscor|t=to seize, obtain]], from [[itc-pro|*apei-|t=to get, seize]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁p-i-|t=to get, grab]], cognate with [[hit|eppzi|t=takes]] and [[sa|आप|tr=ā́pa|t=has reached]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is the Atellan farce of Pomponius: “prepare the feast generously, boys”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to put something in position, fit or fix it, as Virgil's ash stakes in a vineyard, and to put on armour or ornaments, as Livy's soldiers who formed ranks with their arms scarcely fitted on.^(OLD 2012) It is to make ready for use, as Virgil's Turnus fitting sword and shield, and to apply words, as Quintilian's proverbs aptly used.^(OLD 2012) Petronius has a silver skeleton fitted together so that its joints could bend.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It is also to prepare or equip, as Virgil's fleet fitted with sails, and to adapt or accommodate, as Horace's wars of Numantia not to be fitted to the lyre, and to attune the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “prepare, adapt, fit, adjust”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of fitting and equipping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of adapting to the lyre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of putting on armour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fit, put in position; to put on (armour).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To bring to bear, apply; to employ.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To fit together, [[m|en|join]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make ready, prepare; to [[m|en|equip]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|adapt|alt=Adapt]], accommodate; to attune (the mind).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adaptō]]

+ * [[aptitūdō]]

+ * [[coaptō]]

+ * [[exaptō]]

+ * [[aptātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aptus]]

+ * [[apīscor]]

+ * [[ineptus]]

+ * [[accommodō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}