delibo Latin · revision 33817

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂le/oibʰ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈliː.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈliː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlībō''' (present infinitive dēlībāre, perfect active dēlībāvī, supine dēlībātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|lībō|t1=from, off|t2=to take a little; to pour as an offering]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan follows Steinbauer in taking [[m|la|lībō]] as made from [[m|la|lībum|t=sacrificial cake]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*leifo-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂le/oibʰ-o-]], cognate with [[grc|ἀλείφω|tr=aleíphō|t=to anoint]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Ennius,^(TLL) whose ''Annals'' call a man ''flōs dēlībātus populī'', “the choice flower of the people”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense is to take off a small part: Cicero says our souls are drawn from the universal divine mind, and Paulus' Festus uses it of drawing off water.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) It then means to take a little from something, so diminishing it: Lucretius says nothing lessens the mind's peace, and Favorinus in Gellius speaks of people who have their dinners merely sampled so as not to tire themselves by eating.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Mela uses it of offering a small part to the gods.^(OLD 2012) Livy has it of having a first taste of a new honour, and Pliny the Younger of touching on part of a task.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives “pluck, gather, take away a little, sacrifice”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, of the choice flower of the people.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of lessening the mind's peace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of souls drawn from the divine mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of a first taste of an honour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela, of an offering to the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take off a small part, skim off; to draw off (water).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pick out as the choicest part.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take a little from, [[m|en|diminish]], wear away; to taste (food).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To offer a small part to the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To detract from, [[m|en|impair]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To have a first taste of; to touch on (a subject); to do part of (a task).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlībāmentum]]

+ * [[dēlībātiō]]

+ * [[indēlībātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lībō]]

+ * [[lībum]]

+ * [[lībātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}