grassor Latin · revision 34103

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *g(h)rd(h)-(e)i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɡras.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɡras.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''grassor''' (present infinitive grassārī, perfect active grassātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative [[der|la|gradior|t=to step, walk]], formed with the suffix of ⟨-tō⟩ verbs.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The grammarian Macrobius already called it an iterative of that verb.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|gradior]] to [[itc-pro|*grad-(e)i-]] and [[ine-pro|*g(h)rd(h)-(e)i-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it of sheep straying about.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first to press on, march, advance.^(OLD 2012) Of robbers and pirates it is to roam in search of victims, to prowl: Livy has a gang of young men roaming in the Subura, and Vitruvius uses it of charlatans going about unpunished.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to go to work or behave in some way, as Sallust's man who acts on desire and anger, the worst of counsellors.^(OLD 2012) It is also to act violently, to run riot or rage, especially of diseases, as Tacitus' archers who inflict many wounds from a distance.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that Cicero and Caesar do not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Festus reports that the ancients used it for ''adūlārī'', to flatter.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to rage, be violent.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of straying sheep.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of acting on desire and anger.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of young men prowling the Subura.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of archers.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To press on, march, [[m|en|advance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To roam in search of victims, [[m|en|prowl]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To go to work, proceed, behave (in some way).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To act violently, run riot, [[m|en|rage]], especially of diseases; to attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(early Latin, according to Festus)'' To [[m|en|flatter]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēgrassor]]

+ * [[grassātiō]]

+ * [[grassātor]]

+ * [[grassātūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gradior]]

+ * [[gradus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}