imperito Latin · revision 31634

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''imperitō''' (present infinitive imperitāre, perfect active imperitāvī, supine imperitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[imperō|t=to command]], formed with [[m|la|-itō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan takes ⟨imperō⟩ from [[in-]] and [[parō|t=to prepare, provide]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*parājō|alt=*parāje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*perh₃-|alt=*prh₃-o-|t=providing]], cognate with [[sa|पृणाति|tr=pṛṇā́ti|t=to give, grant]] and [[grc|ἔπορον|tr=époron|t=provided, gave]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's list of derivatives dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose captive says “what I used to command by right, I now ask you as a request”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to keep giving orders” and “to be in command, rule”, with an accusative, a dative or alone;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius has those who ruled great nations.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short note that it is rare until after Augustus and is not found in Cicero or Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “command, have power over, rule”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of rulers of nations.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go on giving orders, [[m|en|command]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To be in command, [[m|en|rule]], [[m|en|govern]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[imperō]]

+ * [[parō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}