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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *preḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.prɛˈkaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.preˈkaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēprecātor''' ''m'' (genitive dēprecātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēprecor|-tor|t1=to pray to avert; to plead for]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|dēprecor]] is a compound of [[m|la|dē-]] and [[m|la|precor|t=to pray]], from [[m|la|prex|t=prayer]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*prek-]] and [[ine-pro|*preḱ-|t=question]], the root of [[m|la|poscō|t=to ask]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Cicero,^(TLL) who in the ''Pro Flacco'' says he had hoped to support Flaccus' honours rather than plead against his misfortunes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is one who pleads for mercy for another, an intercessor, as Cicero has of envoys and intercessors sent to a commander.^(TLL) With a genitive it is one who pleads for something to be averted, as Cicero's men sent to avert a danger, or one who pleads for something, as the champions of his own safety.^(OLD 2012) Livy has a man promising to stand before the consul as intercessor and defender, and Tacitus one who pleads his own cause.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives “pleader, intercessor”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of an intercessor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of an intercessor with the consul.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of one pleading his own cause.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who pleads for mercy, an [[m|en|intercessor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # One who pleads for something to be averted; one who pleads on behalf of something, a [[m|en|champion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēprecātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēprecor]]

+ * [[precor]]

+ * [[prex]]

+ * [[dēprecātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}