perpetro Latin · revision 33064

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.pɛ.troː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.pe.tro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perpetrō''' (present infinitive perpetrāre, perfect active perpetrāvī, supine perpetrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|patrō|t2=to bring about, accomplish]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Etymonline connects [[m|la|patrō]] with [[m|la|pater|t=father]], from an original sense "bring into being".^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus' ''Casina'': "why should I not finish what I have begun?"^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to carry a task through, to complete or perform;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short find it mostly before and after the classical period, never in Cicero or Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Festus explains it by ''peragit'' and ''perficit''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it of a murder carried out against a brother and planned against a father, and Tacitus of promises fulfilled and, with ''ut'', of bringing it about that the people of Ilium were freed from public burdens.^(OLD 2012) From this comes the sense to commit, perpetrate.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Later writers, among them Lucifer of Cagliari and Gregory of Tours, also use it as a deponent.^(TLL) English took [[m|en|perpetrate]] from its participle in the 1540s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of finishing what was begun.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a murder carried out.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of fulfilling promises.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1540s – English [[m|en|perpetrate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry through, [[m|en|complete]], [[m|en|accomplish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To carry out, execute, [[m|en|perform]]; to fulfil (a promise); to bring it about (that).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To commit, [[m|en|perpetrate]] (a crime).^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perpetrabilis]]

+ * [[perpetratio]]

+ * [[perpetrator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[patrō]]

+ * [[en|perpetrate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}