adipiscor Latin · revision 31306

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁p-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [a.dɪˈpiːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [a.diˈpis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adipīscor''' (present infinitive adipīscī, perfect active adeptus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Terence have the old infinitive ''adipīscier''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Sallust, Tacitus and Suetonius also use it in a passive sense.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ad-|t=to, towards]] and [[m|la|apīscor|t=to reach, get]], with the vowel of the root weakened.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨apīscor⟩, which he does not separate from [[m|la|apiō|t=to tie]] and [[m|la|aptus|t=tied, fitted]], from [[itc-pro|*ap-(e)i-|t=to get, seize]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁p-i-|t=to get, grab]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[hit|epp-|t=to take, grab]] and [[sa|आप|tr=ā́pa|t=has reached]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a parasite recall the jokes with which he used to win monthly dinners, in the ''Captivi'', and “you have the chance to win glory, praise, honour” in the ''Stichus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first to catch up with or overtake, as Livy's Romans who easily overtook their tired enemies, and to reach a place or a stage of life, as Cicero's old age that all wish to reach and then blame once they have reached it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) More often it is to obtain, win or achieve, whether a thing or glory, power and the like;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''mortem adipīscī'' is to bring about one's own death, in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also to come into an inheritance or succeed to a throne, as in Nepos, and of things to receive a name, as Lucretius' earth that has rightly been given the name of mother.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “obtain, acquire, gain, achieve, reach”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of winning dinners and glory.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the earth that has acquired the name of mother.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of overtaking the enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|overtake]], catch up with; to reach (a place, a stage of life).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|obtain]], acquire, win, achieve;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''mortem adipīscī'', to bring about one's own death.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To succeed to, come into (an inheritance); to be given (a name).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adeptiō]]

+ * [[adeptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[apīscor]]

+ * [[aptus]]

+ * [[coepiō]]

+ * [[indipīscor]]

+ * [[cōpula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}