nuncupo Latin · revision 32625

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation, compound|attested=Twelve Tables|origins=la nōmen, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nuncupō''' (present infinitive nuncupāre, perfect active nuncupāvī, supine nuncupātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The Twelve Tables have the old form ''nuncupāssis'' for ''nuncupāveris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nōmen|capiō|t1=name|t2=to take]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains it as a verb formed from an unattested noun ⟨*nōmiceps⟩ “taking a name, declaring”, which became ⟨*nōmicupāre⟩ and then, through loss of the vowel, ⟨nuncupāre⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) He traces [[m|la|nōmen]] to [[ine-pro|*h₃neh₃-mn|t=name]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from the Twelve Tables.^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero recalls their rule that only the defects declared by word of mouth had to be made good.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to state formally or declare, and to name or specify, as Pliny the Elder of seas.^(OLD 2012) It is also to pronounce a solemn formula or vow: Livy reports the words of a self-sacrifice as they were handed down and pronounced.^(OLD 2012) Of a will it is to ratify a written will by an oral declaration, and to name an heir orally: Ulpian says one may either name or write the heirs, but if one names them it must be done openly.^(OLD 2012) It is also to call by a name: Cicero writes that useful things were named after the gods.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[nomino|alt=nōminō]], to call someone by the name he already has: ⟨nuncupāre⟩ is to give a name to something that had none.^(Döderlein 1874) Lewis & Short call it mostly early and post-Augustan, and frequent in legal language.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to call, name.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Twelve Tables – used in the law of sale.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of invoking the loyalty of Aegisthus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of things named after the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of pronouncing a vow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian of naming heirs orally.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To state formally, [[m|en|declare]]; to mention by name.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pronounce a [[m|en|vow]] or solemn formula.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To announce officially;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''testāmentum nuncupāre'', to ratify a will orally.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To appoint or [[m|en|nominate]], especially an heir.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To invoke, address by name.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To call by a name.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nuncupātim]]

+ * [[nuncupātiō]]

+ * [[nuncupātīvus]]

+ * [[nuncupātor]]

+ * [[praenuncupatus]]

+ * [[nuncupātīvē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nomen|alt=nōmen]]

+ * [[capio|alt=capiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}