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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃roǵ-o-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ˈɪr.rɔ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈir.ro.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''irrogō''' (present infinitive irrogāre, perfect active irrogāvī, supine irrogātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''inrogō'', the usual spelling in manuscripts.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Cicero has the old form ''irrogāssit'' for ''irrogāverit''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|in-|rogō|t2=to ask, propose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|rogō]] from [[itc-pro|*rogo-|t=request; stretching out]], probably a denominative verb from [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], with the arms held out in begging, and compares [[non|rakr|t=straight]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whose ''Captivi'' a parasite says he will name a day and propose a fine.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its first use is legal: a magistrate presiding over a trial before the people demands or proposes a penalty against someone.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of laws and privileges proposed against private persons.^(Lewis & Short 1879) More generally it is to impose or inflict punishments, injuries or burdens: Seneca says it will be clear that things are evil if God inflicts them only on the wicked.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to impose, inflict.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of proposing a fine.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of laws proposed against private persons.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of evils inflicted.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(law)'' To demand or propose (a [[m|en|penalty]]) against someone before the people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To [[m|en|impose]], [[m|en|inflict]] (punishments, injuries, burdens).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[irrogātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abrogō]]
+ * [[arrogō]]
+ * [[corrogō]]
+ * [[dērogō]]
+ * [[ērogō]]
+ * [[interrogō]]
+ * [[obrogō]]
+ * [[perrogō]]
+ * [[praerogō]]
+ * [[prōrogō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}