obrepo Latin · revision 32672

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁reh₁p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obrēpō''' (present infinitive obrēpere, perfect active obrēpsī, supine obrēptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Some manuscripts spell it ''oprēpō'', and a variant ''obripiō'' is found.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|rēpō|t2=to creep]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|rēpō]] to [[itc-pro|*rēp-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁reh₁p-|t=to creep]], or a root with long ⟨ē⟩, comparing [[lt|rėplióti|t=to creep]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) In the OLD's quotation Plautus fears that death may creep up meanwhile.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to creep up stealthily, so as to attack or surprise: Tibullus says he could creep in even at midnight.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero's son writes of a man who often drops in on them unawares at dinner.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to approach a task by stealth, as Terentianus Maurus does.^(OLD 2012) Of conditions it is to come on someone unawares, as death in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It is also to slip past one's guard: Seneca shows where a question sneaks in.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to take by surprise, creep upon, steal upon.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of death creeping up.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of creeping in at midnight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of a question that sneaks in.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|creep]] up on, steal up, take by [[m|en|surprise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drop in on, pay a surprise visit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of conditions, to come on unawares.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To slip past one's guard; to deceive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obrepticius]]

+ * [[obreptiō]]

+ * [[obreptiuus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repo|alt=rēpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}