pronepos Latin · revision 32789

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂nep-ōt-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prō̆nepōs''' ''m'' or f (genitive prō̆nepōtis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pro-|nepōs|t2=grandson]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) The TLL notes that it matches the Rigveda's [[sa|प्रणपात्|tr=praṇapāt|t=great-grandson]] in form and meaning, so that both may have one origin, and Wiktionary reconstructs [[ine-pro|*prónepōts|t=great-grandson]].^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Many explain ⟨pro-⟩ by analogy with [[proavus]], “before the grandfather”, but it may also have meant “far removed”.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|nepōs]] to [[itc-pro|*nepōt-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂nep-ōt-|t=male descendant, grandson, nephew]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a great-grandson, and Wiktionary also gives a great-grandchild of either sex.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short cite it from Cicero, Ovid and the ''Digest''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sidonius scans the first syllable long.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 431–486 AD – Sidonius with a long first syllable.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|great-grandson]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) a great-grandchild.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nepos|alt=nepōs]]

+ * [[proavus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}