commoneo Latin · revision 33164

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔmˈmɔ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [komˈmɔː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''commoneō''' (present infinitive commonēre, perfect active commonuī, supine commonitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|moneō|t2=to remind, warn]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|moneō]] to [[itc-pro|*moneje-]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-eie-|t=to make think of, remind]], cognate with [[sa|मानयति|tr=mānáyati|t=to honour, respect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it in Plautus, with the old passive infinitive ⟨commonērier⟩ in the ''Pseudolus'',^(TLL) and Lewis & Short cite the ''Miles gloriosus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to remind someone forcibly of something, to bring it to mind: Terence has habit and love reminding a man to keep faith, and Cicero says it is enough to be reminded, not taught.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its subject can be a thing, as Cicero says Piso's ring had just reminded him.^(OLD 2012) The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' has it with the genitive of the thing recalled.^(OLD 2012) Late forms include a participle ⟨conmonētus⟩ in church councils of 573–635.^(TLL) Stelten gives “admonish, remind, impress upon”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, the first instances.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of being reminded to keep faith.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a ring that brought something to mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|remind]] someone of something, put in mind; to [[m|en|admonish]], impress upon.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[commonitiō]]

+ * [[commonitor]]

+ * [[recommoneō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moneō]]

+ * [[admoneō]]

+ * [[commonefaciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}