revereor Latin · revision 32656

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *u(e)r-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈwɛ.re.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈvɛː.re.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''revereor''' (present infinitive reverērī, perfect active reveritus sum); second conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Priscian records an active form ''revereō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|vereor|t2=to fear, respect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vereor]] to [[itc-pro|*wer-ē-|t=to be wary]] and [[ine-pro|*u(e)r-eh₁-|t=to note, sense]], comparing [[ang|wær|t=careful]] and [[goh|wara|t=attention]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) In the OLD's earliest quotation a man, asked what shame there is in marrying, says he feels abashed before his son.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first to feel abashed before someone, mostly in negative contexts, and to feel dismay at a prospect: Terence has two women who will dread someone's arrival.^(OLD 2012) Varro has an impersonal construction with the genitive, to have regard for someone.^(OLD 2012) More positively it is to treat with deference, revere: Tacitus writes of men whom magistrates revered before leaving for their provinces.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it early and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein contrasts it with [[vereor]], respect bordering on fear: in ⟨reverērī⟩ the respect comes first, and both are feeling reverence, while [[veneror]] is showing it.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it to stand in awe of, revere, respect, be ashamed, fear.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|revere]] comes from it through French, from the 1660s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a father abashed before his son.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of dreading an arrival.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of magistrates revering men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1660s – English [[m|en|revere|alt=revere]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To feel abashed before, stand in [[m|en|awe]] of; to [[m|en|dread]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To treat with deference, [[m|en|revere]], respect.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reuerendus]]

+ * [[reverēns]]

+ * [[reuerenter]]

+ * [[reverentia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[subvereor]]

+ * [[vereor]]

+ * [[verecundia|alt=verēcundia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}