decerpo Latin · revision 32587

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *kerp-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈkɛr.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈt͡ʃɛr.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēcerpō''' (present infinitive dēcerpere, perfect active dēcerpsī, supine dēcerptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Cato and Varro have ''dēcarp-''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|carpō|t2=to pluck]], with ⟨a⟩ weakened to ⟨e⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|carpō]] to [[itc-pro|*karp-]] and [[ine-pro|*kerp-e/o-|t=to pick, pluck]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato, who tells the reader to pluck grapes from the bunches, in the older form ⟨dēcarpō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it most frequent in the poets.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius delights in picking new flowers, Catullus has the teeth of spinners snipping off threads, and Calpurnius flocks cropping the grass.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to cull, to catch a scent, to snatch kisses, and to reap advantages.^(OLD 2012) Valerius Maximus uses it of taking away from someone's standing.^(OLD 2012) An Old Latin Bible has the perfect ⟨dēcerpērunt⟩.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to pluck, pull away.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of plucking grapes.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of picking flowers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of snipping threads.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|pluck]] off, pick; of animals, to [[m|en|crop]]; to snip off; figuratively, to [[m|en|cull]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To gather the produce of something.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To catch with the senses; to snatch kisses; to reap advantages.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take away, detract.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēcermina]]

+ * [[indēcerptus]]

+ * [[dēcerptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[carpo|alt=carpō]]

+ * [[excerpo|alt=excerpō]]

+ * [[discerpo|alt=discerpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}