corroboro Latin · revision 33068

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la rōbur}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔrˈroː.bɔ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [korˈrɔː.bo.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corrōborō''' (present infinitive corrōborāre, perfect active corrōborāvī, supine corrōborātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conrōborō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|rōborō|t2=to strengthen]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb comes from [[m|la|rōbur|t=oak; strength]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*rouþos|t=red substance]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁reudh-os]], comparing [[grc|ἔρευθος|tr=éreuthos|t=redness]]: the heart of the oak was apparently called red.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero on, as a word of plain prose;^(TLL) the ''Rhetorica'' uses it of a proof that strengthens an argument by several reasons.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to strengthen a person or part of the body:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella says puppies should not be let out until they have grown strong, and Pliny the Elder uses it of strengthening the brain and stomach.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In war it is to reinforce: Plancus writes of acting before the enemy grow stronger.^(OLD 2012) Reflexively it means to grow up: Cicero speaks of someone who had come to his strength and was a man among men.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short find it most often in Cicero, who also uses it figuratively of strengthening virtue and talent, and of having strengthened a conspiracy at its birth by refusing to believe in it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Stelten gives "strengthen, back up".^(Stelten 1995) English took [[m|en|corroborate]] from its participle in the 1520s, first of legal confirmation.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of strengthening an argument.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of growing up and of strengthening a conspiracy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of puppies growing strong.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1520s – English [[m|en|corroborate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|strengthen]], invigorate;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(military)'' to reinforce.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(reflexive or passive)'' To grow strong, reach maturity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|fortify]], confirm, [[m|en|corroborate]] (an argument, resolve).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corrōborāmentum]]

+ * [[corrōborātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rōborō]]

+ * [[rōbur]]

+ * [[en|corroborate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}