pervulgo Latin · revision 33489

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la vulgō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pervulgō''' (present infinitive pervulgāre, perfect active pervulgāvī, supine pervulgātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''pervolgō'', which the TLL finds in manuscripts of Terence and Fronto.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ Of all its forms the perfect passive participle is by far the most frequent.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|vulgō#2|t2=to make common, spread among the people]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest quotation in the OLD is from Pacuvius, who has ''alcyonis rītū lītus pervolgāns feror'', “like a kingfisher I roam along the shore”, in the sense “to frequent”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main sense is to make something publicly known, to publish or spread abroad:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero speaks of a matter ''tam clārā, tam testātā, tam abs tē ipsō pervulgātā'', “so famous, so attested, so widely published by you yourself”,^(OLD 2012) and Caesar of an edict made known throughout a province.^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) It also means to make something generally available, and so to cheapen it: Cicero warns that an honour should not be granted too freely,^(OLD 2012) and Tacitus writes of triumphal insignia granted to all.^(Conte 2010) With a reflexive pronoun it means to prostitute oneself, in Cicero's ''Prō Caeliō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Pacuvius and Lucretius use it of frequenting a place or passing often through it: Lucretius has ''sōlis pervolgant fulgura caelum'', “the sun's rays travel through the sky”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of roaming a shore.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of light crossing the sky and of spreading knowledge.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of publishing a fact and of a cheapened honour.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar writes of an edict made known throughout a province.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus writes of triumphal insignia granted to all.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make generally available; to make [[m|en|common]];^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) (reflexive) to [[m|en|prostitute]] oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To make generally known, to [[m|en|publish]], [[m|en|divulge]], spread abroad.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To visit often or in large numbers, to [[m|en|frequent]]; to pass through.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vulgus]]

+ * [[dīvulgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}