concresco Latin · revision 31944

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato the Elder|origins=ine-pro *k(w)reh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔŋˈkreːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koŋˈkrɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concrēscō''' (present infinitive concrēscere, perfect active concrēvī, supine concrētum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Ovid has the syncopated perfect infinitive ''concresse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|crēscō|t2=to grow]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) “to grow together”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|crēscō]] to [[itc-pro|*krē-|t=to grow, increase]] and [[ine-pro|*k(w)reh₁-|t=to become bigger, stronger]], with cognates only in Slavic verbs meaning “to heal”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Cato the Elder, who says brine should be kept in the sun until it has set solid.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to be formed by hardening or condensing, as Cicero's question how blood, bile and bones were formed;^(OLD 2012) Lucretius uses it of clouds gathering.^(OLD 2012) Of soft or liquid things it is to thicken, curdle, congeal or freeze.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also means to grow organically, as wool in Columella, and to contract, as Propertius' dwarf shrunk into his short limbs.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “grow together, harden, congeal, dry up, increase”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato the Elder of brine setting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of clouds forming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the formation of the body's parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of wool growing thick.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be formed by hardening or condensing; to grow together, [[m|en|coalesce]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of liquids, to [[m|en|congeal]], [[m|en|curdle]], stiffen, freeze.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To grow thick; to [[m|en|contract]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concrēmentum]]

+ * [[concrescentia]]

+ * [[concrētiō]]

+ * [[concrētus]]

+ * [[inconcretus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cresco|alt=crēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}