percieo Latin · revision 33142

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ḱei(h₂)-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈki.e.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈt͡ʃiː.e.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''percieō''' (present infinitive perciēre, perfect active percīvī or perciī, supine percitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ A fourth-conjugation form ''perciō'' also occurs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|cieō|t2=to set in motion]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cieō]] to the root of [[ine-pro|*ḱei(h₂)-|t=to start to move]], cognate with [[grc|κίνυμαι|tr=kínumai|t=to be moved]]; he notes that the simple verb became obsolete in Classical Latin, replaced by [[m|la|citō]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses the participle in the ''Asinaria'': let her not think you did it stirred by love.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lucretius uses it of setting things in motion, of particles struck by unseen blows changing course, and of rousing to action, of a single word that stirs every ear in the people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) He also has the torch of anger that rouses.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of feelings and circumstances it means to stir up, excite or move.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add the senses of attacking with words, calling aloud or abusing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) A fourth-conjugation form ''perciō'' also occurs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL notes that the metre shows a short ⟨i⟩ in the participle ''percitus''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of being stirred by love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of setting in motion and rousing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set in motion, [[m|en|propel]]; to stir to action, [[m|en|rouse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stir up, [[m|en|excite]], move (feelings).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To attack with words, call aloud, abuse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[percitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accieō]]

+ * [[acciō]]

+ * [[cieō]]

+ * [[concieō]]

+ * [[conciō]]

+ * [[excieō]]

+ * [[exciō]]

+ * [[citō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}