increpito Latin · revision 33638

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋˈkrɛ.pɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iŋˈkrɛː.pi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''increpitō''' (present infinitive increpitāre, perfect active increpitāvī, supine increpitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|increpō|-itō|t1=to make a noise at, rebuke]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|increpō]] is a compound of [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|crepō|t=to rattle, creak]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*krepa-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱrep-|t=to rattle, crackle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it of scolding: “did he scold his son?”, ''numquid increpitavit filium?''^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to call or cry out to someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Reproachfully it is to chide, scold or rebuke,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) as in Caesar, who has the Belgae chided and blamed and the besieged jeering from the wall and taunting with words, and in Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Only Virgil uses it encouragingly, as a challenge.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With an accusative and dative it is to bring forward as a reproach, as in Propertius' mirror that reproaches you with wrinkles,^(OLD 2012) and Silius has it of accusing someone of sloth.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Intransitively it is to make a loud noise or roar, as in Silius' blaze that roars mournfully round a king's tent.^(OLD 2012) Statius uses it once of beating the breast.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of scolding a son.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of chiding and taunting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of a challenge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus, of a roaring blaze.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To call or cry out to;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) to challenge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|chide]], [[m|en|scold]], [[m|en|reproach]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) to bring forward as a reproach.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To make a loud noise, to [[m|en|roar]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To beat, strike.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[increpō]]

+ * [[crepō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}