supprimo Latin · revision 31560

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsʊp.prɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsup.pri.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supprimō''' (present infinitive supprimere, perfect active suppressī, supine suppressum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|premō|t2=to press]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨premō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*pres-]] and [[ine-pro|*pr-es-|t=to press]], perhaps an ⟨s⟩-present to a root meaning “to hit”, which he calls guesswork; he compares [[lt|per̃ti|t=to beat, lash]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the sense of stopping an activity: someone will perish “unless you stop your foolish talk”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to press down or under, and in Livy especially to sink ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) More often it is to check or hold back: in Caesar a pursuing enemy is checked and forced to turn back, and Propertius says the stone itself would stop Niobe's tears.^(OLD 2012) It is also to stifle the voice or feelings, as Ovid's voice cut off in mid-sound.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of keeping back money due to others, and later writers of detaining a person, withholding a document or suppressing news, as Curtius' letter kept back from the king.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for detain, hold down, sink, check, stop, keep secret.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|suppress]] (late 14th century) is from its participle ''suppressus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of withholding money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of checking an enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – Livy of sinking ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|suppress]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To press down or under; to [[m|en|sink]] a ship; to humble oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To check, hold back, stop; to stanch a flow.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To stifle the voice; to [[m|en|suppress]] feelings.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep back money or goods; to detain a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To withhold a document or news, keep secret.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suppressiō]]

+ * [[suppressor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[premō]]

+ * [[opprimō]]

+ * [[en|suppress]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}