accurro Latin · revision 31894

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [akˈkʊr.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [akˈkur.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accurrō''' (present infinitive accurrere, perfect active accurrī or accucurrī, supine accursum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adcurrō'', a spelling Lucilius discusses.^(OLD 2012)

+ The perfect is ''accurrī'' or ''accucurrī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|currō|t2=to run]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|currō]] to [[itc-pro|*korse/o-|t=to run]] and [[ine-pro|*kr̥s-e/o-|t=to run]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|carr|t=vehicle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “I run up to find out what he wants”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to run or hurry up, especially to help, as Terence's “I can't do it alone: run here!” and Cicero's “be ready to run up if I call”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ''Bellum Africum'' uses it of troops charging and falling back with the cavalry, and Statius of rain rushing up with clouds.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “run to meet”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of running up to learn something.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of running to help.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of running up when called.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius of rushing rain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To run up, [[m|en|hurry]] to, especially to help.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rush to the attack, [[m|en|charge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, to rush up.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accursus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[antecurrō]]

+ * [[circumcurrō]]

+ * [[concurrō]]

+ * [[currō]]

+ * [[dēcurrō]]

+ * [[discurrō]]

+ * [[excurrō]]

+ * [[incurrō]]

+ * [[intercurrō]]

+ * [[occurrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}