compilo Latin · revision 33055

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la pīlō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔmˈpiː.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [komˈpiː.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compīlō''' (present infinitive compīlāre, perfect active compīlāvī, supine compīlātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|pīlō|t2=to plunder]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL compares [[m|la|expīlō]], [[m|la|suppīlō]] and [[m|la|pīlātrix]], and agrees with Froehde that the root is the same as in [[grc|ψιλός|tr=psilós|t=bare]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus' ''Asinaria'': "that man has robbed the house".^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to rob or plunder a place or person, a rare but classical word:^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of plundering temples and of preferring to be robbed rather than sold.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With the thing stolen as object, Plautus has a husband who secretly makes off with whatever is in the house.^(OLD 2012) Martial uses it of a poet who plagiarizes his verses.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it came to mean to put together writings from various sources, the source of English [[m|en|compile]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of robbing a house.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of plundering temples.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial of plagiarism.^(OLD 2012)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|compile]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|rob]], [[m|en|plunder]], pillage (a place or person).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To steal (a thing).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To steal from another writer, [[m|en|plagiarize]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To [[m|en|compile]] from various sources.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compīlātiō]]

+ * [[compīlātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expīlō]]

+ * [[en|compile]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD has a second, rare ''compīlō'' "to beat up thoroughly, cut up", perhaps the same word with reference to the ''pīlum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}