devoveo Latin · revision 31677

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la voveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈwɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈvɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēvoveō''' (present infinitive dēvovēre, perfect active dēvōvī, supine dēvōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Accius has ''dēvōrō'' for ''dēvōverō''.^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions write ''divotus'' and ''debotus''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|voveō|t2=to vow]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨voveō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wowejō|alt=*wow-eje/o-|t=to promise]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁wogʷʰéyeti|alt=*h₁uogʷʰ-eie-|t=to promise]], cognate with [[sa|ओहते|tr=óhate|t=to praise]] and perhaps [[xum|vufru|t=votive]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is Ennius' ''Annals'', where Remus devotes himself to taking the auspices.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “to vow as an offering”, as Cicero's Agamemnon vowing to Diana the fairest thing born that year.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In particular a general devoted himself and the enemy army to the gods below for his country's sake, and Caesar uses it of Gallic warriors bound by oath to their chief.^(OLD 2012) It also means “to curse, execrate”, as Catullus' accursed perjuries, and “to bewitch”, as Tibullus' old woman with pale herbs.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of Dido, doomed to coming ruin, and generally it is to devote oneself to a person or pursuit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “vow, devote, mark out”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|devote]] (1580s) comes from its participle ''dēvōtus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of Remus devoting himself to augury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of Agamemnon's vow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of sworn followers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of curses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English [[m|en|devote]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|vow]] as an offering, [[m|en|devote]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of a general, to devote himself and the enemy to the gods below; to bind oneself by oath.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|curse]], execrate; to bewitch.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To doom, destine; to devote oneself to a person or pursuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēvōtāmentum]]

+ * [[dēvōtātiō]]

+ * [[dēvōtē]]

+ * [[dēvōtiō]]

+ * [[dēvōtō]]

+ * [[dēvōtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}