parturio Latin · revision 34039

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pérh3-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [parˈtʊ.ri.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [parˈtuː.ri.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''parturiō''' (present infinitive parturīre, perfect active parturīvī or parturiī); fourth conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Phaedrus and Apuleius have the imperfect ''parturībam''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ A curse tablet spells it ''-tour-''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pariō|-uriō|t1=to bear, give birth]], a desiderative.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan counts it among the two oldest presents in ⟨-urīre⟩, perhaps modelled on [[m|la|ēsuriō|t=to be hungry]], and traces [[m|la|pariō]] to [[ine-pro|*pérh3-i-|t=to provide]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus says in the ''Amphitruo'' that Alcumena is in labour.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to be on the point of giving birth, to be in labour, of women and animals: Terence has someone fear it will be noticed that a woman is in labour, Ovid has Lucina help at the prayer of one in labour, and Phaedrus has a dog in labour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of trees and land it is to burst into bud: Virgil says that now every tree is in bud.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively the mind is in travail, as Cicero speaks of one mind labouring for many.^(OLD 2012) Horace gives the proverb ''parturient montēs, nascētur rīdiculus mūs'', the mountains will labour and a ridiculous mouse be born.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to be pregnant with, as Pliny the Elder's painting of Liber being born from Jupiter.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin also uses it of intending, imagining, brooding over or meditating something.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of Alcumena in labour.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the mind in travail.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of trees in bud.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace's proverb of the mountains in labour.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be in [[m|en|labour]], be about to give birth; of trees, to bud.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To be in travail, be anxious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To be [[m|en|pregnant]] with; to teem with.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To intend, brood over, [[m|en|meditate]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comparturio]]

+ * [[parturītiō]]

+ * [[reparturiens]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pario|alt=pariō]]

+ * [[partus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}