resero Latin · revision 32120

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ser-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.sɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.s̬e.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reserō''' (present infinitive reserāre, perfect active reserāvī, supine reserātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|sera|t1=back|t2=bar]], with the verbal ending ⟨-ō⟩: to draw back the bar.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL compares [[m|la|obserō|t=to bolt]], and the grammarians Nonius and Festus already derived the verb from the bar whose removal opens the doors.^(TLL) De Vaan files [[m|la|sera|t=detachable bar]] with [[m|la|serō|t=to join, thread]], from [[itc-pro|*sere/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ser-e/o-|t=to thread, tie together]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is classical but frequent especially after Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD's first examples are in Cicero's ''Philippics'', of opening Italy to foreign nations, and in Tibullus, of silently unbarring doors.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense is to draw back the bar of a door, and so to unbar a building or open a container;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has the citizens wanting to unbar the city and open its gates.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid extends it to opening the year, of Janus.^(OLD 2012) It also means to make a place accessible, to lay bare by physical action, and to open to view, as Virgil's earth gaping to disclose the underworld.^(OLD 2012) Of secrets it means to reveal, as Ovid's Pythagoras disclosing the oracles of the divine mind.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to reveal, open, make clear, unlock.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of opening Italy to foreign nations.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of unbarring a city.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of unbarring doors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of disclosing secrets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To draw back the bar of a door, [[m|en|unbar]]; to unfasten, open; to open a period of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To open a place to access, make accessible.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To lay bare, [[m|en|expose]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To open to view; to make known, [[m|en|disclose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reseratus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[obsero|alt=obserō]]

+ * [[sera]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate ''reserō'', ''-serere'', ''-sēvī'', from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|serō|t=to sow]], means to sow or plant again, in Varro, Columella and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}