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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=grc δέψω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdɛp.soː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdɛp.so]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''depsō''' (present infinitive depsere, perfect active depsuī, supine depstum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|δέψω|tr=dépsō]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary) a variant of [[m|grc|δέφω|tr=déphō]].^(Wiktionary) Nonius already said that it takes its origin from Greek.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato's ''De agri cultura'' uses it of kneading flour with the hands (''manibus depsitō farīnam''), of working clay to smear on a stem, and of softening hides.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Varro, as quoted by Nonius, has ''alius molit et depsit'', “another grinds and kneads”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis & Short and Georges also note an obscene sense, “to dishonour”, on the evidence of a letter of Cicero (Fam. 9.22.4).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of kneading flour and clay and of softening hides.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of kneading.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – A letter of Cicero is the evidence for an obscene sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|knead]], work into a paste (flour, clay).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To soften (leather) by rubbing and squeezing it in the hands; to [[m|en|tan]], dress hides.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # (obscene) To [[m|en|dishonour]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condepsō]]

+ * [[depstīcius]]

+ * [[perdepsō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}