obtempero Latin · revision 31765

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔpˈtɛm.pɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈtɛm.pe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obtemperō''' (present infinitive obtemperāre, perfect active obtemperāvī, supine obtemperātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''optemperō'', as in several laws on inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|temperō|t2=to restrain oneself, moderate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives ⟨temperō⟩ from [[tempus|t=time]], originally [[itc-pro|*tempos-|t=stretch, measure]], from [[ine-pro|*temp-os|t=stretch]]; the verb's sense “to restrain, moderate” shows the shift from “stretch” to “measure”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Plautus' ''Amphitruo'', “I pay no heed to what he says”, and Terence's ''Adelphoe''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to comply with, obey”, persons, laws and forces, usually with a dative: Cicero has “listen to yourself, obey yourself”, Caesar obedience to the command of the Roman people and the authority of the senate, and Varro the helmsman who must obey reason.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[pāreō]] and [[oboediō]], which express obedience as a duty: ⟨obtemperāre⟩, like ⟨obsequī⟩, is compliance of one's own will, from persuasion, respect or fear.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “obey, comply with, submit to, attend to”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of the gods heeding someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of obeying oneself.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of obeying the Roman people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|comply]] with, [[m|en|obey]], submit to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obtemperātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[temperō]]

+ * [[pāreō]]

+ * [[oboediō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}