sepono Latin · revision 31720

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [seːˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [seˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēpōnō''' (present infinitive sēpōnere, perfect active sēposuī or sēposīvī, supine sēpositum or sēpostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Silius has a syncopated participle ''sēpostus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sē-|pōnō|t1=apart|t2=to put]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|pōnō]] comes from ⟨*po-sinō⟩ “to put down”, from [[m|la|sinō|t=to let]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Cicero's ''De oratore'', of ornaments put away out of sight.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to withdraw persons or things from view, to set apart or isolate, and to banish, as in Tacitus' “as if he were being exiled to an island”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to set aside for a purpose, reserve, as Cicero's income set aside for a shrine, to pick out, as in Ovid's one arrow chosen out of a thousand, and to distinguish one class from others.^(OLD 2012) It is also to put away or discard, to put out of mind, as in Ovid's Jupiter who has put aside his heavy cares with nectar, and to give up an activity, as Seneca's “put aside your complaints”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “put aside, put apart, exclude”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of things put away and of income reserved.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of putting cares aside and of choosing an arrow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of banishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set apart, [[m|en|isolate]]; to [[m|en|banish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|reserve]]; to pick out, select; to distinguish.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To put aside, [[m|en|discard]]; to disregard; to give up.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēpositiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pono|alt=pōnō]]

+ * [[sepositus|alt=sēpositus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}