appropinquo Latin · revision 31249

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *própro}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ap.prɔˈpɪŋ.kʷoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ap.proˈpiŋ.kʷo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''appropinquō''' (present infinitive appropinquāre, perfect active appropinquāvī, supine appropinquātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adpropinquō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ad-|t=to, towards]] and [[m|la|propinquō|t=to draw near]], a verb from [[m|la|propinquus|t=near]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is formed on [[m|la|prope|t=near]], which de Vaan, following Dunkel, explains as an iterative [[ine-pro|*própro|t=on and on, ever further]] with the second /r/ lost by dissimilation.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|प्रप्र|tr=prá-pra|t=on and on]] and [[grc|πρόπρο|tr=própro|t=before; on and on]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An unknown tragedian has “after the father approaches”,^(OLD 2012) and Cicero has “when dawn was already approaching”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to come near or approach in space, with ''ad'' or the dative, as Cicero's man coming near the surface of the water.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to draw near in time or be at hand, as Cicero's dawn, and to be close to a condition, on the point of something, as Caesar's centurions who were close to the first ranks.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “draw near, approach”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of centurions near promotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come near, [[m|en|approach]] (a place).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To draw near (in time), be at hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To be close (to a condition), be on the point (of).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[appropinquātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[propinquō]]

+ * [[propinquus]]

+ * [[prope]]

+ * [[accēdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}