perdomo Latin · revision 32629

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=ine-pro *domh₂-eie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.dɔ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.do.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perdomō''' (present infinitive perdomāre, perfect active perdomuī, supine perdomitum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|domō|t2=to tame]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|domō]] to [[itc-pro|*domaje-]] and the causative [[ine-pro|*domh₂-eie/o-|t=to tame]], comparing [[sa|दमयति|tr=damáyati]] and [[grc|δάμνημι|tr=dámnēmi|t=to tame, subdue]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Sallust.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's quotation from his ''Histories'' all Gaul this side of the Rhine has been subdued.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to tame thoroughly, of animals and of spirits: Livy writes that fierce spirits must be tamed.^(OLD 2012) Above all it is to conquer completely: the TLL counts it twice in Tibullus, three times in Ovid and 21 times in Livy.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short date it from the Augustan age and give ⟨subigō⟩ as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to knead flour or crush grain thoroughly: Seneca has flour worked by constant handling.^(OLD 2012) The grammarian Cledonius claims Cicero used a perfect in ⟨-āvit⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of subduing Gaul.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of taming fierce spirits.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|tame]] thoroughly, break in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To conquer completely, [[m|en|subjugate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|knead]] or crush thoroughly; to break up soil.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perdomitor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domo|alt=domō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}