rogatus Latin · revision 34075

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃roǵ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɔˈɡaː.tʊs], [rɔˈɡaː.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [roˈɡaː.tus], [roˈɡaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rogātus''' ''m'' (genitive rogātūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Only the ablative ''rogātū'' is found.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|rogō|-tus|t1=to ask]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan takes [[m|la|rogō]] as a denominative from [[itc-pro|*rogo-|t=request; stretching out]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], perhaps of the arms stretched out in begging.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of asking, a request, always in the ablative: Cicero writes to Atticus that Chilius asks him something and that he himself writes at Chilius' request.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it Ciceronian.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it request, petition.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is a tallage, a levy.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, at someone's request.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An asking, [[m|en|request]], [[m|en|entreaty]] (in the ablative, ''rogātū'', at the request of).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|tallage]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rogo|alt=rogō]]

+ * [[rogatio|alt=rogātiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''rogātus, -a, -um'' is also the perfect participle of [[rogo|alt=rogō]], asked.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}