repulsa Latin · revision 31827

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *pelh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈpʊɫ.sa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈpul.sa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repulsa''' ''f'' (genitive repulsae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[m|la|repellō|t=to drive back, reject]], used as a noun, originally with [[m|la|petītiō|t=candidature]] understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The verb is formed from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|pellō|t=to push, drive]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*pl̥-n-h₂-|t=to approach]], with a shift from “bring closer” to “push”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who calls a candidate's prosecution of a rival the herald of his defeat.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is a technical term of politics, failure to win an office, and ''repulsam ferre'' is to be defeated in an election.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From that it is any rebuff to a purpose or proposal, as Livy's Aetolians weary of so many rebuffs, and in love, as in Propertius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval texts it is a repulse.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of defeat in an election.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of a rebuff in love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of rebuffs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Defeat in an election;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''repulsam ferre'', to fail to win an office.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|rebuff]], refusal, [[m|en|rejection]], [[m|en|repulse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repello|alt=repellō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}