deposco Latin · revision 31460

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *pr̥ḱ-sk-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈpɔs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈpɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēposcō''' (present infinitive dēposcere, perfect active dēpoposcī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|dē-|t=down, fully]] and [[m|la|poscō|t=to demand]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨poscō⟩ to the sk-present [[ine-pro|*pr̥ḱ-sk-e/o-|t=to ask]], cognate with [[xum|pepurkurent|t=they will have demanded]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Varro, quoted by Servius, distinguished ⟨poscere⟩, asking for something as a due, from ⟨petere⟩, asking humbly with prayers.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has “I would not only not refuse it but even demand it” in the ''Philippics''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to demand firmly or ask for, as Cicero's appeal that all allies and citizens demand one general for the war, and to claim a task or office for oneself, as the conspirator who claimed the task of setting fire to Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it is to require, as Cicero's temple that the fire required to be rebuilt more splendidly.^(OLD 2012) It is also to demand a person for punishment, as Cicero's opponents who were thought to demand him out of enmity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Wiktionary adds “to challenge” and “to pray earnestly”.^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “demand, beseech, appoint”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of demands, claims and punishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|demand]], ask for, request earnestly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To claim (a task, office) for oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of things) To require.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To demand (someone) for punishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|challenge]]; to pray earnestly; to appoint.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[poscō]]

+ * [[postulō]]

+ * [[petō]]

+ * [[reposcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}