glomero Latin · revision 32443

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *glem-o/es-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɡɫɔ.mɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɡlɔː.me.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''glomerō''' (present infinitive glomerāre, perfect active glomerāvī, supine glomerātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|glomus|-ō|t1=ball of thread]], a denominal verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|glomus]] to [[itc-pro|*glemos]] and [[ine-pro|*glem-o/es-]], and explains the ⟨o⟩ as a Latin change after a velarized /l/;^(de Vaan 2008) Romance forms such as [[ro|ghem|t=ball of thread]] seem to keep the older vowel.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[lt|glomóti|t=to embrace]] and [[ang|clamm|t=tie, fetters]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro, who describes balls of food made from figs mixed with spelt.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to wind or form into a ball, as Ovid of wool, and to gather things into a dense mass: Lucretius has the seeds of the voice pressed together as they leave the mouth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero's poem on his consulship uses it of gathering abstract things.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of gathering a band of men for war, and in the ''Georgics'' of a horse taught to bunch its proud steps.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-Augustan in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of balls of food.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the seeds of the voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of gathering a band for war.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of winding wool into balls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To form or wind into a [[m|en|ball]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To gather into a dense mass, heap up; to [[m|en|accumulate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|assemble]] people or animals into a crowd; in the passive, to throng together.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make a rapid succession of movements; to cover a course quickly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[agglomerō]]

+ * [[conglomerō]]

+ * [[glomerabilis]]

+ * [[glomerāmen]]

+ * [[glomerātim]]

+ * [[glomerātiō]]

+ * [[inglomerō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[glomus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}