proripio Latin · revision 34088

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁rp-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈrɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈriː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōripiō''' (present infinitive prōripere, perfect active prōripuī, supine prōreptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|rapiō|t2=to seize, snatch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|rapiō]] to [[itc-pro|*rap-i-|t=to seize]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁rp-i-|t=to seize]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has a character order a man dragged out by the feet like a slaughtered pig, and another ask where the fellow has rushed off to out of the house.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to snatch out of shelter or hiding, to drag forth: Cicero has a man ordered to be dragged out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With ''sē'' it is to rush or burst forth, to hurry away;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid's ''pedēs prōripere'' is to spring forth on bare feet, and the verb alone can mean the same.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Late glosses explain ''prōripit sē'' as “goes out in haste”.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to escape, rush forth.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of dragging out and of rushing out.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a man dragged out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of springing forth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To snatch or drag forth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with sē)'' To [[m|en|rush]] or burst forth, hurry away, [[m|en|escape]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rapio|alt=rapiō]]

+ * [[eripio|alt=ēripiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}