nugor Latin · revision 34180

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la nūgae}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnuː.ɡɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnuː.ɡor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūgor''' (present infinitive nūgārī, perfect active nūgātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nūgae|-or|t1=trifles, jokes]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) For [[m|la|nūgae]] de Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*knūg-]] and finds no Indo-European etymology; since words for trifles are often made from words for nuts or seeds, he thinks a link with [[m|la|nux|t=nut]] quite likely, though the different vowel and consonant suggest a loanword.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus,^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) as in ''nugare in re capitali mea'', “you trifle in a matter of life and death for me”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to speak or act without seriousness, trifle, play the fool, talk nonsense;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero says that Democritus ''non inscite nugatur, ut physicus'', “talks nonsense not unskilfully, for a natural philosopher”, and Horace uses it of trifling with someone at leisure and of Greece taking to frivolity once its wars were over.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of authors who gave their books punning titles.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it also means, with a dative, to tell tall stories, impose on someone, trick or cajole.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of trifling and of tricking someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Democritus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of Greece after its wars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|trifle]], [[m|en|jest]], play the fool, talk [[m|en|nonsense]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # (with a dative) To tell tall stories to, [[m|en|impose]] on, [[m|en|cajole]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nūgāmentum]]

+ * [[nūgātor]]

+ * [[nugatrix]]

+ * [[nūgāx]]

+ * [[nūgō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis and Short compare [[grc|φλυαρέω|tr=phluaréō]] and give [[lūdō]] as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}