emereo Latin · revision 33789

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)mr-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈmɛ.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈmɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēmereō''' (present infinitive ēmerēre, perfect active ēmeruī, supine ēmeritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ There is also a deponent ''ēmereor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|mereō|t2=to earn, serve]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|mereō]] to [[itc-pro|*mer-ē-|t=to earn]] and, with a question mark, [[ine-pro|*(s)mr-eh₁-|t=to earn]], and finds its formation problematic.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first: in the ''Mostellaria'' of one term of service completed, and in the ''Aulularia'' ''quid ego ēmeruī malī?'', “what evil have I deserved?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its chief sense is military, to serve out one's term or a number of campaigns, and absolutely to earn one's discharge, mostly in the perfect participle ''ēmeritus''.^(OLD 2012) Plautus already transfers it to a courtesan whose time has been served, and Cicero to a year of duty completed.^(OLD 2012) It is also to earn a reward, as Propertius' honours of the robe, and to win someone's favour, as Tibullus of a sister said to have won many men's favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that the deponent ''ēmereor'' is perhaps not found before Augustus, and that the sense “earn” is rare and not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ''Res gestae'' of Augustus have the participle ending ⟨-teis⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a term of service completed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a year of duty completed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius, of earning honours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus, of winning favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(military)'' To serve out (one's term, a number of campaigns); to earn one's [[m|en|discharge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To complete (a term of office or a task).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|earn]], [[m|en|deserve]], gain by service.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To win the favour of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēmeritus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[commereō]]

+ * [[dēmereō]]

+ * [[mereō]]

+ * [[prōmereō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}