praedor Latin · revision 31790

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈprae̯.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɛː.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praedor''' (present infinitive praedārī, perfect active praedātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[praeda|t=booty]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan lists it with [[prehendō|t=to seize]]: ⟨praeda⟩ is usually explained as ⟨*prai-χed-ā-⟩ “what one acquires”, but he follows Livingston's [[itc-pro|*praiχodā|alt=*prai-χod-ā-|t=booty]], with an o-grade noun from [[ine-pro|*gʰed-|alt=*ghod-h2-|t=to grab]]; cognate with [[grc|χανδάνω|tr=khandánō|t=to grasp, hold]] and [[sq|gjen|t=finds]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Rudens'' has “the gods look after men: I shall go off from here well enriched”.^(OLD 2012) Cato has a general sending light troops out to plunder.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to plunder, make booty”, in war and by robbery, and to gain wealth by depredation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Later poets use it transitively, “to take as plunder” and “to despoil”, as Valerius Flaccus' Harpies stealing food from a man's mouth.^(OLD 2012) Of animals it is to prey or hunt, as Virgil's wolves bidden to prey, and Propertius uses it of catching fish with a rod.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “rob, plunder, despoil”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of going off enriched.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of troops sent to plunder.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|plunder]], make booty; to grow rich by depredation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To take as plunder; to [[m|en|despoil]], [[m|en|pillage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of animals, to hunt, prey.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To catch as prey.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēpraedor]]

+ * [[praedābundus]]

+ * [[praedātīcius]]

+ * [[praedātiō]]

+ * [[praedātor]]

+ * [[praedātrix]]

+ * [[praedātum]]

+ * [[praedātus]]

+ * [[praedō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praeda]]

+ * [[prehendō]]

+ * [[en|prey]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}