demolior Latin · revision 34099

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈmoː.li.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈmɔː.li.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēmōlior''' (present infinitive dēmōlīrī, perfect active dēmōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active ''dēmōliō'' is also found, and an inscription spells it ''dim-''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|mōlior|t2=to exert oneself, set in motion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|mōlior]] from the family of [[moles|alt=mōlēs]], going back to [[itc-pro|*mōl-i-je-|t=to labour]].^(de Vaan 2008) The grammarian Nonius already connected it with ⟨mōlēs⟩ “masses”, explaining it as to destroy.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first quotation is Naevius' active “pull these down!”;^(OLD 2012) Plautus uses it once figuratively, of throwing the blame off himself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is far more often used of buildings, to throw down, pull down, demolish.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to abolish or do away with, as Livy's suppression of the Bacchanalia.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to consume, demolish, destroy, remove.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|demolish]] dates from the 1560s, through French [[m|fr|démolir]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius, pull these down.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, to throw off blame.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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

+ * 1560s – English ''demolish'', through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To throw off, remove.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To pull down, [[m|en|demolish]], tear down.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|abolish]], do away with.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[molior|alt=mōlior]]

+ * [[moles|alt=mōlēs]]

+ * [[en|demolish]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''dēstruere'', to pull down something artificially built, from ''dēmōlīrī'', to pull down a solid building.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}