segrego Latin · revision 33189

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈseː.ɡrɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛː.ɡre.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēgregō''' (present infinitive sēgregāre, perfect active sēgregāvī, supine sēgregātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Lucretius splits it by tmesis, ''sēque gregārī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sē-|grex|-ō|t1=apart|t2=flock]], “to set apart from the flock”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan explains it as built on a phrase ⟨*sē grege⟩ “beside the herd”, as [[m|la|ēgregius]] is on ⟨*ē grege⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) He traces [[m|la|grex]] to [[itc-pro|*gʷreg-]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷreg-|t=group, herd]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first,^(de Vaan 2008) in the ''Miles Gloriosus'' of a man who scorns some women and sets all the others apart except the one addressed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its general sense is to separate or exclude: Terence has a plea not to cut oneself off from a woman, and Livy prisoners led out and divided.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that the literal sense, setting apart from the flock, is very rare: Phaedrus has sheep separated from goats.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively Cicero separates savagery from humanity and virtue from the highest good.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of setting aside a topic.^(OLD 2012) The Vulgate has the shepherd who separates the sheep from the goats,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Church Latin keeps “separate, set aside”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|segregate]] was formed from its past participle in the 1540s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of setting people apart.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of cutting oneself off from someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of separating ideas.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD – Phaedrus, of sheep separated from goats.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, of the shepherd separating sheep from goats.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English [[m|en|segregate]] from its past participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|separate]], set apart, [[m|en|exclude]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To separate into parts or groups.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set apart from the flock.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To remove, keep away from; to set aside a subject.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēgregātim]]

+ * [[segregatio]]

+ * [[segregus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[grex]]

+ * [[congregō]]

+ * [[ēgregius]]

+ * [[gregālis]]

+ * [[en|segregate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}