recreo Latin · revision 31423

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *k(w)reh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.kre.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.kre.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recreō''' (present infinitive recreāre, perfect active recreāvī, supine recreātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is spelled ''recraeō'' in a 4th-century inscription from Lepcis Magna.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-|t=again]] and [[m|la|creō|t=to create, make grow]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan gives ⟨creō⟩ the first meaning “to make grow” and links it with [[m|la|crēscō|t=to grow]], from [[itc-pro|*krē-]] and [[ine-pro|*k(w)reh₁-|t=to become bigger, stronger]];^(de Vaan 2008) Walde and Hofmann made ⟨creō⟩ a denominative of a noun, and Hill a back-formation beside ⟨crēscō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “how soon will you make me new again?” in the ''Casina''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to make new again or recreate, which Lewis and Short call very rare, as Lucretius' renewed light.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Mostly it is to restore from illness or fatigue, as Cicero's man, worn out with hunger and the waves, whom they revived, and in the passive to recover, as in the elder Seneca;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of relieving tiredness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to re-establish after misfortune, as Cicero's king raised up when ruined, and to refresh or cheer a person or the mind, as Cicero's “your presence revives my mind”, and with ''sē'' to recover one's spirits.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “refresh, treat, remake, renew, restore, quicken”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of renewed light.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of reviving the weary and the ruined.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of relieving tiredness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make new again, [[m|en|recreate]], renew.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To restore to health, [[m|en|revive]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(passive)'' to recover; to relieve.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To re-establish, restore after misfortune.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|refresh]], cheer;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(reflexive)'' to recover one's spirits.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recreabilis]]

+ * [[recreātiō]]

+ * [[recreātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[creō]]

+ * [[crēscō]]

+ * [[reficiō]]

+ * [[en|recreation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}