detego Latin · revision 31990

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dētegō''' (present infinitive dētegere, perfect active dētēxī, supine dētēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|tegō|t2=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tegō]] to [[itc-pro|*teg-e/o-|t=to cover]] and [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-e/o-|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|στέγω|tr=stégō|t=to keep off, keep in]], [[sga|teg|t=house]] and [[lt|stógas|t=roof]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, who has “the wind has unroofed the farmhouse”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to unroof, then to uncover, lay bare or expose, as in Cicero, and to bare a weapon, as in Lucan's “bare the sword”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is frequent in the Augustan period, as Livy's temple of Juno half unroofed and Virgil's palace of Cacus laid open.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to disclose or reveal, as in Livy's men who reveal a plot for fear of a harsher inquiry.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “disclose, uncover, detect”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|detect]], from its past participle, first meant to uncover or expose, in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a farmhouse unroofed by the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of laying bare.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of the palace of Cacus laid open.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a half-unroofed temple and of a plot revealed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|detect]], “to uncover, expose”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|unroof]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To uncover, lay bare, [[m|en|expose]]; to bare a weapon.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|disclose]], reveal, [[m|en|detect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dētēctiō]]

+ * [[detector]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tegō]]

+ * [[contego|alt=contegō]]

+ * [[protego|alt=prōtegō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}