coarguo Latin · revision 32052

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂erǵ-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [koˈar.ɡu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koˈar.ɡu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coarguō''' (present infinitive coarguere, perfect active coarguī, supine coargūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ''comarguō'' is also found.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|arguō|t2=to make clear, prove]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|arguō]] as probably a denominative verb “to make bright”, from an adjective [[itc-pro|*argu-|t=bright]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-u-|t=white]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|अर्जुन|tr=árjuna-|t=white, light]] and [[grc|ἄργυρος|tr=árguros|t=silver]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of refuting and showing up a lie.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short take it as a legal term, at first “to attack from several sides”, and note that it is most frequent in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to show up or make plain, usually something wrong, and to prove a charge.^(OLD 2012) Of persons it is to convict or show to be guilty, as in Cicero's “so that he could not be convicted by erasures”, and to show someone to be wrong;^(OLD 2012) Seneca and Livy also use it of refuting a statement or belief.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of exposing a lie and of convicting a man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of convicting a person of error.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of refuting the things that frighten us.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To show up, make plain, [[m|en|expose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To prove a charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|convict]], prove guilty.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To show to be wrong, [[m|en|confute]]; to [[m|en|refute]] a statement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coargutio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arguo|alt=arguō]]

+ * [[argumentum|alt=argūmentum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The grammarian Agroecius distinguished it from ''arguere'': ''coarguere'' is to restrain and check, while ''arguere'' is to show and reveal.^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}