retego Latin · revision 33010

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *(s)teg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.tɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.te.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''retegō''' (present infinitive retegere, perfect active retēxī, supine retēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|tegō|t2=to cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tegō]] to [[itc-pro|*teg-e/o-|t=to cover]] and [[ine-pro|*(s)teg-|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Varro warns that hard picking tools strip branches and leave them bare to the frost.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to uncover, strip or lay bare, and to expose part of the body, as Virgil's warrior laid bare by the loss of his shield.^(OLD 2012) It is to remove a lid or open: Cicero writes of a money box left unopened; the perfect participle means roofless, as Varro's threshing floor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder has dresses tucked up above the hips.^(OLD 2012) It is to make visible, as Propertius' rites of the goddess revealed to no man, and to make known or disclose, as Lucretius' nature laid open on every side.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is not frequent until after Augustus, with the synonyms ''nūdō'' and ''exuō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of branches stripped bare.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of nature laid open.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of opening a money box.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of revealed rites.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|uncover]], lay bare, expose; to open.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make visible, [[m|en|reveal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make known, [[m|en|disclose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tego|alt=tegō]]

+ * [[detego|alt=dētegō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}