derogo Latin · revision 33895

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₃roǵ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdeː.rɔ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdɛː.ro.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dērogō''' (present infinitive dērogāre, perfect active dērogāvī, supine dērogātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|rogō|t2=to ask; propose a law]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan takes [[m|la|rogō]] for a verb made from a noun or adjective [[itc-pro|*rogo-|t=request; stretching out]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], perhaps of the arms stretched out in asking.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL reads it from Cato on.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a technical term of law, as Festus explains: to ''dērogāre'' is to provide by a new law that something in an old law shall not be done, that is, to take away part of it.^(TLL) Cicero sets it beside ''obrogāre'' and ''abrogāre'': it is not lawful to override this law, nor to take anything away from it, nor to repeal it whole.^(Lewis & Short 1879) A bill quoted in Cicero's letters forbids abrogating, derogating or overriding,^(OLD 2012) and Ulpian says the Aquilian law set aside all earlier laws on damage.^(OLD 2012) More generally it means to take away or detract from: Cicero says one man's good faith should not be diminished by another's treachery.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "detract from, repeal, restrict, modify" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995) The English [[m|en|derogate]] first meant to impair authority or disparage.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, its first use.^(TLL)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of taking away from a law.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian of a law setting aside earlier ones.^(OLD 2012)

+ * early 15th century – [[m|en|derogate]] appears in English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(law)'' To repeal part of a law, restrict or modify it; to set aside the force of (a law).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take away, [[m|en|subtract]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(with dative)'' to [[m|en|detract]] from, diminish.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dērogātiō]]

+ * [[dērogātor]]

+ * [[dērogātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abrogō]]

+ * [[obrogō]]

+ * [[prōrogō]]

+ * [[rogō]]

+ * [[en|derogate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}