pervinco Latin · revision 33959

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈwɪŋ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈviŋ.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pervincō''' (present infinitive pervincere, perfect active pervīcī, supine pervictum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|vincō|t1=thoroughly|t2=to conquer]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vincō]] to [[itc-pro|*wink-|t=to tie, bind; overcome]] and [[ine-pro|*ui-n-k-|t=to bend, tie]], probably the same root as [[m|la|vinciō|t=to bind]]: bending someone could easily come to mean overcoming them.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL reads it from Plautus on,^(TLL) whose ''Miles gloriosus'' has someone fear being overcome by cunning treachery.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL finds it rare except in Livy and Tacitus.^(TLL) It means to win a complete victory over, overcome, usually outside war;^(OLD 2012) intransitively Tacitus says simply that Bardanes won.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With ''ut'' it means to prevail upon or persuade: Livy writes that someone had persuaded the Rhodians in many speeches to keep the Roman alliance.^(OLD 2012) It also means to carry a point or achieve an aim: Catullus tells himself that his one salvation is to win through.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius uses it of proving a contention in words.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "conquer, overcome" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of being overcome by treachery.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of proving a point.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of winning through.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of persuading the Rhodians.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of Bardanes' victory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To win a complete [[m|en|victory]] over, overcome;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(intransitive)'' to [[m|en|prevail]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To prevail upon, [[m|en|persuade]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To carry (a proposal), achieve (an aim); to prove (a contention).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pervicāx]]

+ * [[pervicus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vincō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}