procreo Latin · revision 32998

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.kre.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.kre.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōcreō''' (present infinitive prōcreāre, perfect active prōcreāvī, supine prōcreātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|creō|t2=to create, beget]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|creō]] to [[itc-pro|*krē-jā-]] and refers it to the family of [[cresco|alt=crēscō]] “to grow”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has a character say that begetting children is a pleasant task.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to bring into being by procreation, beget, engender; of a mother it is to bear, as Livy's matrons who protest at the terms on which they are to bear children.^(OLD 2012) Of plants it is to put forth, as Columella's vine that must not put forth useless shoots.^(OLD 2012) Transferred, it is to give rise to or produce: Cicero speaks of the place that begot a man as his fatherland, and of the god who created this unique world.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to beget.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|procreate]] dates from the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of begetting children.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the god who made the world.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of bearing children.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of vines putting forth shoots.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''procreate''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|beget]], engender, [[m|en|procreate]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(of a mother)'' to bear.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of plants)'' To put forth, produce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give rise to, generate, create.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[procreabilis]]

+ * [[prōcreātiō]]

+ * [[prōcreātor]]

+ * [[prōcreātrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[creo|alt=creō]]

+ * [[cresco|alt=crēscō]]

+ * [[en|procreate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}