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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁reh₁p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊrˈreː.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [surˈrɛː.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''surrēpō''' (present infinitive surrēpere, perfect active surrēpsī, supine surrēptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|rēpō|t1=under|t2=to creep]], with assimilation of the prefix.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|rēpō]] to [[itc-pro|*rēp-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁reh₁p-|t=to creep]], cognate with [[lt|rėplióti|t=to creep]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Cicero's speech for Sestius, of someone who had crept under the seats.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to creep under or along, to move stealthily up to something, as in Cicero;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is not frequent until after the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of water seeping in, not as bilge through a crack but as a great flood.^(OLD 2012) Most often it is used of things that come on gradually or unnoticed: Tibullus says that sluggish old age will creep up.^(OLD 2012) Catullus has a syncopated perfect ''surrēpstī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD files it under the spelling ''subrēpō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of creeping under the seats.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus in the perfect ''surrēpstī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of old age creeping up.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of water seeping in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|creep]] under or up to; to steal upon, come on unawares;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(of liquid)'' to [[m|en|seep]] in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of conditions, feelings)'' To come on gradually or imperceptibly; to insinuate oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[surrēptīcius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rēpō]]

+ * [[serpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}