comporto Latin · revision 31767

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comportō''' (present infinitive comportāre, perfect active comportāvī, supine comportātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|portō|t2=to carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan thinks ⟨portō⟩ is probably formed on a noun [[itc-pro|*porto-|t=passage, crossing]], from [[ine-pro|*port-o-]], cognate with [[xum|portatu|t=let him carry]] and [[sa|पिपर्ति|tr=píparti|t=brings across]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has booty brought together in the ''Persa'' and a man carrying everything from his house onto a ship in the ''Rudens''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to carry together, transport”, especially to a market or other centre: Varro has oil, wine and grain carried to the sea on pack donkeys, and Caesar and Livy grain brought to the army.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein notes that in Caesar ⟨comportāre⟩ is the delivery by local authorities of what has been levied.^(Döderlein 1874) From this it means “to collect, amass”, as Virgil's men who love to pile up fresh plunder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “bring together, collect, bring, lay up”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of booty brought together.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of goods carried to the sea.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of grain delivered to the army.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of amassing plunder.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|comport]] comes from it, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry together, [[m|en|transport]], bring in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To collect, [[m|en|amass]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comportātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[portō]]

+ * [[en|comport]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}