dissipo Latin · revision 31315

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

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdɪs.sɪ.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdis.si.po]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''dissipō''' (present infinitive dissipāre, perfect active dissipāvī, supine dissipātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

+ Lucretius splits it by tmesis, ''disque supātīs''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|supō|t=to throw]], which Festus glosses “throws”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*sup-i-|t=to throw]] and [[ine-pro|*sup-i-|t=to throw]], cognate with [[lt|sùpti|t=to rock, cradle]], but calls the analysis somewhat uncertain: the simple verb is known only from Festus and may be a back-formation.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A fragment of Plautus has “I'll scatter you like coltsfoot leaves”, and Ennius “the wave scatters his limbs piece by piece”.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to scatter or disperse, of things, of people, as Sisenna's men who went off in all directions, of morbid matter in Vitruvius, and of cares, as Horace's “Bacchus scatters cares”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to spread rumours, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to shatter or destroy completely, as in Ennius, and to squander, as Caecilius' “how much more gladly you squander what you get from a thrifty father!”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+

+ Church Latin glosses it “lay waste, destroy, scatter, abolish, waste”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''dissipate'' in the early 15th century meant to scatter or drive off.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of scattered limbs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius of squandering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|dissipate]].^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|scatter|alt=Scatter]], [[m|en|disperse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To spread (rumours).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To shatter, [[m|en|demolish]], destroy completely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|squander]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dissipātiō]]

+ * [[dissipator]]

+ * [[dissipatrix]]

+ * [[dissipābilis]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnsipō]]

+ * [[disiciō]]

+ * [[en|dissipate]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}