osculor Latin · revision 32297

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃eh₁-os}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈoːs.kʊ.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔs.ku.lor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōsculor''' (present infinitive ōsculārī or ōsculārier, perfect active ōsculātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has an old form ''ausculor'', with a pun on [[ausculto|alt=auscultō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Titinius has active forms of ''ōsculō''.^(OLD 2012)

+ The old infinitive ''ōsculārier'' appears in Plautus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ōsculum|-ō|t1=kiss]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|ōsculum]] is a derivative of [[m|la|ōs|t=mouth]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ōs-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃eh₁-os|t=mouth]], comparing [[sa|आस्|tr=ā́s-|t=mouth]], [[hit|aiš|t=mouth]] and [[sga|á|t=mouth]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan dates both the noun and the verb from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it, both as ōsculor and in the old spelling ausculor, which he plays off against [[ausculto|alt=auscultō]], to listen.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to kiss a person or a part of the body, and, without an object, to exchange kisses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary also gives the figurative sense to embrace or prize something.^(Wiktionary) Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus records the form ausculor beside ōsculum.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to kiss or caress.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it, also as ausculor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of 2nd or beginning of 1st century BC – Titinius has the active ''ōsculō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|kiss]]; without an object, to exchange kisses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Figuratively, to [[m|en|embrace]], value highly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adōsculor]]

+ * [[deōsculor]]

+ * [[exōsculor]]

+ * [[ōsculābundus]]

+ * [[ōsculātiō]]

+ * [[osculentia]]

+ * [[perosculor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}