obsigno Latin · revision 31506

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔpˈsɪŋ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈsiɲ.ɲo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obsignō''' (present infinitive obsignāre, perfect active obsignāvī, supine obsignātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''opsignō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ob-]] and [[sīgnō|t=to mark, seal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨sīgnum⟩, from which the verb comes, from [[itc-pro|*sekno-|t=statue, sign]], from the root of [[secō|t=to cut]]: “what is carved out” became “sign”; he compares [[osc|segúnú|t=statues]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it of a letter sealed with the image agreed between two people,^(OLD 2012) and of sealed letters handed over.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to affix a seal to something, to authenticate a document such as a will or a letter, to fasten it, or to secure things against removal, as Cicero's account books sealed by the accusers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary also gives the senses of sealing an accusation and of pledging under hand and seal.^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is to stamp or imprint, as Lucretius' voice that stamps form and clear sound on words.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “seal, sign and seal”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a sealed letter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the voice stamping words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of account books placed under seal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|seal]], affix a seal to a document.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To seal up, secure under seal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pledge or [[m|en|mortgage]] under seal.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stamp, [[m|en|imprint]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obsignātiō]]

+ * [[obsignātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[signō]]

+ * [[sīgnum]]

+ * [[cōnsīgnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}