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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la petō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kom.peˈtiː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''competītor''' ''m'' (genitive competītōris, feminine competītrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conpetītor''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|petītor|t2=candidate, seeker]].^(OLD 2012) [[m|la|petītor]] comes from [[m|la|petō|t=to seek]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*pet-e/o-]], explaining its sense as a shift from flying to flying towards, making for; he compares [[grc|πέτομαι|tr=pétomai|t=to fly]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Varro and Cicero, among prose writers.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD cites Varro for a fellow candidate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a fellow candidate or rival for an office, in Cicero, Livy, Quintilian and Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Valerius Maximus uses it of rival claimants awaiting the favour of fortune, and Gellius of rival bidders at a sale.^(OLD 2012) Niermeyer records the medieval sense claimant, and Wiktionary plaintiff.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) English [[m|en|competitor]] comes from it, perhaps through French, from the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a fellow candidate.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of rival bidders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English [[m|en|competitor|alt=competitor]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A fellow [[m|en|candidate]], [[m|en|rival]], competitor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A rival claimant; a rival bidder.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A claimant, [[m|en|plaintiff]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[competēns]]

+ * [[competenter]]

+ * [[competentia]]

+ * [[competitio]]

+ * [[competitrix]]

+ * [[compitum]]

+ * [[peto|alt=petō]]

+ * [[petitor|alt=petītor]]

+ * [[competo|alt=competō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}