opperior Latin · revision 31237

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ob-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔpˈpɛ.ri.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [opˈpɛː.ri.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''opperior''' (present infinitive opperīrī or opperīrier, perfect active opperītus sum or oppertus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Terence have the future ''opperibor'' and the infinitive ''opperīrier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The perfect participle is ''oppertus'' or ''opperītus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ob-]] and ⟨-perior⟩, the element also in [[m|la|experior|t=to try]]; the OLD compares [[m|la|perīculum|t=trial, danger]] and [[grc|πεῖρα|tr=peîra|t=trial, attempt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD are from Plautus, as the ''Cistellaria'': “if your husband comes, tell him to wait at home”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to wait, and with an object to wait for a person, as Plautus' old man waiting before the door, or an event, as “if you will wait for Charmides' arrival” in the ''Trinummus''.^(OLD 2012) With a clause it is to wait to see how something turns out, as Livy's Roman fleet waiting to see where the unrest at Syracuse would lead, and Tacitus uses it of awaiting the outcome of Germanicus' illness.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of waiting to see what happens.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of awaiting an outcome.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|wait]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To wait for, [[m|en|await]] (a person, an event).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To await the outcome of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[experior]]

+ * [[perīculum]]

+ * [[exspectō]]

+ * [[praestōlor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein says that [[maneō]] is the physical act of staying in a place, while [[exspectō]], [[praestōlor]] and ''opperior'' are the mental act of waiting for someone or something.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}