promo Latin · revision 31170

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōmō''' (present infinitive prōmere, perfect active prōmpsī, supine prōmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|prō-|t=forth]] and [[m|la|emō|t=to take]], with contraction of the vowels; the TLL notes that ⟨emō⟩ has here its old sense “to take”, not “to buy”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan derives ⟨emō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*eme-|t=to take]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁em-|t=to take]], cognate with [[xum|emantur|t=may be taken]] and [[osc|emmens|t=took]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Cistellaria'' has “take the keys: if you need anything brought out, bring it out”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to take something from where it is kept, of a sword from its sheath, as in Accius, of wine from the cellar, as in Plautus, and of things drawn from a source, as Cicero's warnings from Etruscan books.^(OLD 2012) It is to bring into view, as Ennius' “I carry friendship and enmity openly on my brow”, and to show a quality in action.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Of plants it is to put forth seeds, and of fluids to be drawn out.^(OLD 2012) It is also to utter a sound, to deliver a speech, as in Tacitus, of a grand speech about oneself, to bring onto the stage, as Horace's “you will not bring onto the stage what should be done inside”, and to publish, as Martial's epigrams.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “utter, bring forth, send forth, reveal, produce, express”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of bringing things out and drawing wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a drawn sword.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial of publishing epigrams.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take out, bring forth, [[m|en|fetch]] out; to draw (a sword, wine).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring into view, reveal; to display (a quality).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # (of plants) To put forth.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|utter]], pronounce; to deliver (a speech).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To bring onto the stage; to [[m|en|publish]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēprōmō]]

+ * [[exprōmō]]

+ * [[imprōmptus]]

+ * [[promptim]]

+ * [[promptō]]

+ * [[promptulus]]

+ * [[prōmptus]]

+ * [[prōmus]]

+ * [[parcēprōmus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[dēmō]]

+ * [[sūmō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}