vecto Latin · revision 33049

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ueǵh-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vectō''' (present infinitive vectāre, perfect active vectāvī, supine vectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vehō|-tō|t1=to carry]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*weχ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ueǵh-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|arveitu|t=to add]], [[sa|वहति|tr=váhati|t=to carry, convey]], [[lt|vèžti|t=to convey]] and [[goh|wagan|t=cart]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD's first citation is Cato, who wants asses with panniers to carry dung.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is used of something that regularly carries or transports:^(OLD 2012) Virgil says it is forbidden to carry living bodies in the Stygian boat, and has wagons carrying ash trees;^(OLD 2012) Livy mentions ships big enough to carry the produce of a senator's estates, and Gellius the dolphin that carried Arion on its back.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the passive it means to ride, drive or sail: Horace has riding round the countryside on a nag.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short thought it perhaps not used before Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Stelten gives "carry, convey" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of asses carrying dung.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of the Stygian boat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of riding round the countryside.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of a dolphin carrying a man.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|carry]], [[m|en|convey]], transport (regularly or habitually).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(passive)'' To be carried; to [[m|en|ride]], drive, sail.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vehō]]

+ * [[vector]]

+ * [[vectūra]]

+ * [[vehiculum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}