obiecto Latin · revision 31557

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la iaciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔbˈjɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈjɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obiectō''' (present infinitive obiectāre, perfect active obiectāvī, supine obiectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative of [[obiciō|t=to throw in front of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ⟨obiciō⟩ is from [[m|la|ob-]] and [[iaciō|t=to throw]], which de Vaan derives from [[ine-pro|*(H)ieh₁-|t=to throw, let go]], cognate with [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the sense of reproaching: “do you throw the country in my face?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Cato complains of opponents throwing in his teeth what he would least like said.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to throw or set something before, as food, in a comedy of Pomponius.^(OLD 2012) It is also to thrust forward, as Statius' shield moved this way and that, and in Virgil seabirds dip their heads into the waves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust uses it of exposing someone to danger: a king decided to expose a young man to perils.^(OLD 2012) Most often it is to reproach, to charge someone with something, in Livy, Cicero, Caesar and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for put in the way, set against.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato in a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of exposing to danger.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of birds dipping their heads.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To throw or set before.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To thrust forward, put in the way, oppose.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|expose]] to danger.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|reproach]] someone with, charge, [[m|en|accuse]] of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obiectaculum]]

+ * [[obiectāmentum]]

+ * [[obiectātiō]]

+ * [[obiectāmen]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[obiectiō]]

+ * [[obiector]]

+ * [[obiectus]]

+ * [[obiciō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}