litigo Latin · revision 32359

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *slī-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈliː.tɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈliː.ti.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lītigō''' (present infinitive lītigāre, perfect active lītigāvī, supine lītigātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|līs|t=lawsuit, dispute]] and the root of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive, conduct]], as in the phrase lītem agere, to conduct a lawsuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|līs]], archaic ⟨stlīs⟩, to [[itc-pro|*slī-ti-|t=accusation, dispute]] and perhaps [[ine-pro|*sliH-ti-]], comparing [[sga|liid|t=to accuse]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Poenulus'': “these are the men who, if they have no one to go to law with, buy lawsuits”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to go to law, and in everyday life to quarrel or dispute, as when a character in Plautus says to keep some talk for tomorrow's quarrel.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes that two men had argued fiercely, and Seneca uses it of things at odds, as a man's kindness at odds with his fortune.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it is to litigate, quarrel or sue.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|litigate]] came from its participle in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of going to law and of quarrelling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a fierce dispute.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of conflicting things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English [[m|en|litigate]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go to law, [[m|en|litigate]], sue.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|quarrel]], dispute, wrangle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, to conflict.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlītigō]]

+ * [[lītigātiō]]

+ * [[lītigātor]]

+ * [[lītigium]]

+ * [[uitilītigō]]

+ * [[lītigāns]]

+ * [[lītigātus]]

+ * [[lītigiōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}