condono Latin · revision 31993

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *doh₃-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔnˈdoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [konˈdɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condōnō''' (present infinitive condōnāre, perfect active condōnāvī, supine condōnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|dōnō|t2=to give, present]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|dōnō]] is made from [[m|la|dōnum|t=gift]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*dōno-|t=gift]] and [[ine-pro|*doh₃-no-|t=gift]] or ⟨*deh₃-no-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|dunum|t=gift]] and [[sga|dán|t=poem, gift]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, who has “I didn't give it away”, of a cloak.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to present as a gift or give away, and to grant as a favour or permit, as Plautus' “use it, I give you leave”.^(OLD 2012) Plautus also uses it of letting someone off a debt, “don't pay me threepence for her, I let you off”, and of handing someone over to punishment, as “there is no reason why you should not give me up to the cross”.^(OLD 2012) Caesar has it of pardoning offences, as the past offences forgiven for the sake of Diviciacus, and Cicero of giving up enmities for the sake of the state.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent in Cicero and absent from Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “pardon, condone, remit”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|condone]] “to forgive” is from 1857.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of giving away a cloak and of remitting a debt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of pardoning past offences.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of enmities sacrificed to the state.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of granting as a favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1857 – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|condone]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give away, present; to grant as a favour; to [[m|en|permit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To let someone off a debt; to [[m|en|remit]] a debt.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|pardon]] an offence.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To hand over to an enemy or punishment; to pardon someone for another's sake.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give up or sacrifice for something.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condōnātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dōnō]]

+ * [[donum|alt=dōnum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}