expromo Latin · revision 32119

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛkˈsproː.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ekˈsprɔː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exprōmō''' (present infinitive exprōmere, perfect active exprōmpsī, supine exprōmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is also spelled ''exprōmsī'', and the supine ''exprōmtum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|prōmō|t1=out|t2=to bring out]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|prōmō]] from [[m|la|emō]] in its older sense to take, which goes back to [[itc-pro|*eme/o-|t=to take]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁em-e/o-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|emmens|t=they have bought]] and [[lt|im̃ti|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan lists it among Plautine compounds of [[m|la|emō]];^(de Vaan 2008) in the ''Miles Gloriosus'' a slave says he has drawn out eight measures of wine into a jug.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense, to take out of a store, is rare;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil uses it of uttering sad words and Catullus of the mind bringing forth the offspring of the Muses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) More often it is figurative: to bring into play or display, as Plautus' “show your kind nature”, and to disclose or reveal, as his exposure of the injustice of pimps.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short give proferre as its synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to draw out, exhibit, display, state.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of drawing out wine and of revealing injustice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of uttering poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of uttering sad words.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring out from a store, take out; to give expression to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring into play, put to use; to [[m|en|display]], exhibit.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|disclose]], reveal, declare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēprōmō]]

+ * [[prōmō]]

+ * [[emo|alt=emō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}