prolato Latin · revision 33963

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la ferō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈɫaː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈlaː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōlātō''' (present infinitive prōlātāre, perfect active prōlātāvī, supine prōlātātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative [[der|la|prōferō|t=to bring forward; to extend; to defer]], made on its participle [[m|la|prōlātus]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL compares [[m|la|gestō]] beside [[m|la|gerō]].^(TLL) The participle ⟨lātus⟩ belongs to [[m|la|tollō]], and de Vaan traces it to [[itc-pro|*tlāto-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlh₂-to-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest citations are Lucretius, of an endless escape from the edge of the universe, and Cicero's speeches against Catiline, of an evil that cannot be suppressed by putting things off.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to extend in space or lengthen: Tacitus has fields enlarged and Columella a villa.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Columella also uses it of developing farming in the long peace, and Tacitus of Messalina trying to prolong her life.^(OLD 2012) Of time it means to put off, defer or delay, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is not in Cicero in the first sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of an endless escape.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of putting things off.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of enlarging a villa and developing farming.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of Messalina trying to prolong her life.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To extend in space, [[m|en|lengthen]], enlarge; to develop; to [[m|en|prolong]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To put off, [[m|en|postpone]], defer;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(absolute)'' to [[m|en|procrastinate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prolatiuus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōferō]]

+ * [[ferō]]

+ * [[dīlātō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}