prorumpo Latin · revision 31584

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la rumpō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈrʊm.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈrum.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōrumpō''' (present infinitive prōrumpere, perfect active prōrūpī, supine prōruptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|rumpō|t2=to break, burst]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives ⟨rumpō⟩ from the nasal present [[ine-pro|*Hru-n-p-|t=to break]], cognate with [[ang|rēofan|t=to break, tear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest examples are from Lucretius, of the force of air that, unless it bursts out, is dispersed through the openings of the earth,^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) and in Cicero, who says Antony suddenly “burst” into Brundisium.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to force one's way forward or rush out, of people, and of liquids and vapours that burst or gush forth; transitively it is to send forth, as Virgil's Etna that hurls a black cloud to the sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of news it is to come suddenly into the open.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus uses it often of breaking out into an action or into speech, as a defendant who broke the silence, and Cicero of crime and audacity breaking out.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for send forth, break forth.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of air bursting out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of Antony bursting into Brundisium.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of Etna hurling forth a cloud.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of breaking out into speech or action.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To burst or rush forth, force one's way out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of liquids or vapours, to burst or gush out;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(transitive)'' to send forth, emit.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of news, to come out suddenly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To break out into an action, into speech or into passion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[proruptio]]

+ * [[proruptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rumpō]]

+ * [[ērumpō]]

+ * [[irrumpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}