praeeo Latin · revision 32478

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ei-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈprae̯.e.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɛː.e.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praeeō''' (present infinitive praeīre, perfect active praeiī or praeīvī, supine praeitum); irregular conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The first syllable is usually short.^(OLD 2012)

+ Inscriptions sometimes write it with one ⟨e⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prae-|eō|t1=before|t2=to go]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|eō]] to [[itc-pro|*ei-|t=to go]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ei-|t=to go]]; among its Italic relatives he lists [[xum|ambretuto|t=let them lead the way]], built with the same prefix.^(de Vaan 2008) He derives [[praetor]] from the same elements.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Rudens'': “dictate to me in words whatever you like” before an oath.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense is to go in front or lead the way: Lucilius says it is the praetors' part to go before, and Cicero that lictors went before the consuls.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus has a man led through pathless places and thrown into the sea.^(OLD 2012) In time it is to precede, as the two signs that come before a swarm of bees in Varro.^(OLD 2012) In religion and law it is to dictate a formula for another to repeat: Varro describes a temple dedicated by a magistrate while a pontiff dictated the words.^(OLD 2012) It is also to give a lead in singing or reading, as the master of a chorus in Columella, and to give guidance, as when Livy says everything was done as the decemvirs prescribed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of dictating the words of an oath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of praetors going in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a pontiff dictating a dedication.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go in front, lead the way; to [[m|en|precede]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To occur beforehand, precede in time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|dictate]] a religious or legal formula for another to repeat.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give a lead in singing or reading aloud.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give guidance, prescribe.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praetor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eo|alt=eō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}