rogito Latin · revision 31646

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rogitō''' (present infinitive rogitāre, perfect active rogitāvī, supine rogitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[rogō|t=to ask]], formed with [[m|la|-itō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes ⟨rogō⟩ as probably made from a noun [[itc-pro|*rogo-|t=request; stretching out]], [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵos|alt=*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], perhaps of the arms held out in begging, cognate with [[non|rakr|t=straight]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a character get hoarse from asking questions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to ask again and again, eagerly”, of questions and of requests: Plautus has “who I am, you keep asking me”, and a man going to the market and asking for fish.^(OLD 2012) It is a favourite word of Plautus and Terence and otherwise very rare;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Propertius uses it of questioning sailors.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “ask eagerly, inquire frequently”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of questioning sailors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask a person [[m|en|repeatedly]] or eagerly, keep asking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To ask insistently for a thing; to inquire about a person.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ērogitō]]

+ * [[perrogitō]]

+ * [[rogitātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rogō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}