conspicor Latin · revision 31863

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkõː.spɪ.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔn.spi.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnspicor''' (present infinitive cōnspicārī, perfect active cōnspicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD analyses it as [[m|la|con-]], the root ⟨spic-⟩ of [[m|la|speciō|t=to look]], and a verbal ending;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Wiktionary suggests a noun ⟨*cōnspex⟩ or the model of [[auspicor]], and the Thesaurus compares [[suspicor]] and ⟨dēspicātus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|speciō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*speḱ-ie/o-|t=to look]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=sees]] and [[grc|σκέπτομαι|tr=sképtomai|t=to look at]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD are in Plautus, as “I don't see anyone else in the street”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to catch sight of or see, and to notice or perceive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro and Sallust use it in a passive sense, “to be conspicuous, be seen”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is very frequent in Plautus and Caesar and used several times by Terence, but rare elsewhere and never found in Lucretius, Cicero, Virgil or Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of catching sight of someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust in a passive sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To catch sight of, [[m|en|see]], [[m|en|descry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|notice]], observe, perceive; in a passive sense, to be conspicuous.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnspicābundus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conspicio|alt=cōnspiciō]]

+ * [[specio|alt=speciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}