suppeto Latin · revision 32009

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peth₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsʊp.pɛ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsup.pe.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suppetō''' (present infinitive suppetere, perfect active suppetīvī or suppetiī, supine suppetītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ''subpetō'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|petō|t2=to make for, seek]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|petō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*pet-e/o-]];^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary traces it to [[ine-pro|*peth₂-|t=to fly]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan notes that the sense “to fly” is not self-evident and explains it by a shift from flying towards something to trying to get it; the root is usually taken to end in a laryngeal, but a plain root without one would also give the Latin present.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|πέτομαι|tr=pétomai|t=to fly]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, where it means to come up as a support or give backing.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main Classical sense is of money, resources and the like, to be at hand when needed or available, as in Plautus' “see that there is material for the shield-makers”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short take the literal sense as to be at hand or in store, and also give to be equal to or enough for.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius uses it of qualities or conditions, contrasting the toil that deeds supply with what words can tell, and of an idea it is to suggest itself, as in Plautus' “he hardly finds what to do”.^(OLD 2012) In Ulpian it is a legal term, to ask for something in another's place.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “to be present, be enough, be available, correspond to”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of support and of material being available.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of the toil that deeds supply.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of resources at someone's disposal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian of asking for something in another's place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come up as a [[m|en|support]], give backing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be at hand, be [[m|en|available]] when needed; of an idea, to suggest itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be equal to, be [[m|en|sufficient]] for.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To ask for something in another's place.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suppetiae]]

+ * [[suppetium]]

+ * [[suppetiātus]]

+ * [[suppetilis]]

+ * [[suppetior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[peto|alt=petō]]

+ * [[appeto|alt=appetō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}