dego Latin · revision 31842

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdeː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdɛː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēgō''' (present infinitive dēgere, perfect active dēgī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Late texts also have ''dēgeō'' and the perfect ''dēguī''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|agō|t2=to drive, do]], contracted.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The grammarian Priscian explained ⟨dēgō⟩ as a syncope made for the sake of euphony.^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|agō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest examples are in Plautus, “I spend the day in the forum from morning to night”, and in Ennius' “Romulus spends eternity in heaven”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to spend or pass one's life or time, and in Lucretius to carry on a fight.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Intransitively it is to live, as in Livy's girls who lived as orphans, and to live on, as Pliny the Elder's happy people who live to a great age.^(OLD 2012) Paulus' abridgement of Festus says that the ancients used it for ''exspectāre'' “to wait”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “live, spend time”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of spending the day in the forum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of Romulus in heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of carrying on a fight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To spend, [[m|en|pass]] time or one's life.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|live]], dwell; to live on, continue.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To wait.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ago|alt=agō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}