honesto Latin · revision 32284

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la honōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''honestō''' (present infinitive honestāre, perfect active honestāvī, supine honestātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|honestus|-ō|t1=honourable, respectable]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|honestus]] from [[m|la|*hones-to-]], built on [[m|la|honōs|t=honour]], for which he finds no further etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Plautus' ''Trinummus'': “may this report bring you honour”.^(OLD 2012) In the ''Captivi'' a character thanks another for honouring him with so great an honour.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to honour or give honour to someone, and to cause someone to be honoured, as Cicero of someone who not only relieved his misfortune but made it honourable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus also uses it of putting a good face on something: “dress up your words with deeds”.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is to grace or adorn, as Cicero's Paulus whose chariot the most powerful king graced.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[honoro|alt=honōrō]]: ''honōrāre'' is to pay someone particular respect, ''honestāre'' to give a lasting mark of honour.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it to make honourable, dignify.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of bringing honour and of putting a good face on words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an honoured misfortune and of a chariot graced by a king.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|honour]], give honour to; to cause to be honoured, [[m|en|dignify]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To put a good face on, give a respectable appearance to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To grace, [[m|en|adorn]], embellish.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cohonestō]]

+ * [[dehonestō]]

+ * [[honestāmentum]]

+ * [[inhonestō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[honestus]]

+ * [[honoro|alt=honōrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}