praevaleo Latin · revision 32343

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|origins=ine-pro *h₂ulh₁-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈwa.ɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈvaː.le.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praevaleō''' (present infinitive praevalēre, perfect active praevaluī, supine praevalitum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prae-|valeō|t1=before, beyond|t2=to be strong]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|valeō]] to [[itc-pro|*wal-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ulh₁-eh₁-|t=to be strong]], comparing [[osc|ϝαλε|tr=vale|t=farewell]] and [[sga|flaith|t=rule]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short find no example before the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD's examples include Pliny the Elder on remedies that prevail against snakebite.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to have greater power, weight or influence, to get the upper hand or prevail.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder often uses it of plants and other remedies that are effective against a complaint.^(OLD 2012) In law it is to be settled or established.^(Wiktionary) Church Latin uses it of prevailing against or overriding.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of effective remedies.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English [[m|en|prevail]] is borrowed through Old French and directly.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To have superior power or influence, [[m|en|prevail]], have the upper hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of remedies, to be effective.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' To be settled or established.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praevalēns]]

+ * [[praeualentia]]

+ * [[praevalēscō]]

+ * [[praevalidus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequivaleō]]

+ * [[pervaleō]]

+ * [[praevalidē]]

+ * [[supervaleō]]

+ * [[valeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}