suppetiae Latin · revision 33580

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊpˈpɛ.ti.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [supˈpɛt.t͡si.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suppetiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive suppetiārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''subpetiae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is used only in the plural, and only in the nominative and accusative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|suppetō|-ia|t1=to be at hand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|suppetō]] is a compound of [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|petō|t=to make for, seek]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose characters say “I have help and aid at home”, ''auxilia mihi et suppetiae sunt domi'', and “I came to your help just in time”, ''tibi suppetias temperi adveni modo''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means aid or relief, especially in the phrase ''suppetiās ferre'', to bring help;^(OLD 2012) in the accusative with verbs of motion it is to go or come to someone's assistance.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is ante-classical and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of help at hand and of coming to someone's aid.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|aid|alt=Aid]], assistance, [[m|en|succour]], relief;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''suppetiās ferre'', to bring help.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''suppetiās'' with verbs of motion: to someone's assistance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suppetior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suppetō]]

+ * [[petō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}