dilacero Latin · revision 33522

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *lh₂k-(V-)ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [diːˈɫa.kɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [diˈlaː.t͡ʃe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīlacerō''' (present infinitive dīlacerāre, perfect active dīlacerāvī, supine dīlacerātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|lacerō|t2=to tear]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|lacerō]] as formed from the adjective [[m|la|lacer|t=torn, mangled]], though the adjective is recorded later, and traces it to [[itc-pro|*lak(V)-ro-|t=torn, ragged]] and [[ine-pro|*lh₂k-(V-)ro-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|λακίς|tr=lakís|t=rent, tatters]] and [[m|grc|λακίζω|tr=lakízō|t=to tear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the TLL record it from Plautus onward,^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) where some editors read ''dīlacerāvistī'' in the ''Captivi'' and others a form of ''dēlacerō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it mostly poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to tear apart a body: Catullus writes ''dīlaceranda ferīs dabor'', “I shall be given to wild beasts to be torn to pieces”,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Ovid uses it of dogs tearing their master, and Tacitus of a woman's body torn by torture.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Celsus uses it of lacerating with a point,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and the Vulgate of tearing a lion apart.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to tear apart a state or a mind: Cicero speaks of seeking a whole year ''ad dīlacerandam rem pūblicam'', Sallust of a commonwealth torn apart, and Tacitus of a mind torn by evil counsels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – A possible reading in Plautus.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of tearing apart the state.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of being torn by beasts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of torture and of a tormented mind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of tearing a lion apart.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|tear]] to pieces, tear apart, [[m|en|mangle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To tear apart, [[m|en|rend]] (a state, the mind).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīlacerātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lacerō]]

+ * [[lacer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}