reor Latin · revision 3434

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *Hreh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈre.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reor''' (present infinitive rērī, perfect active ratus sum); second conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*rē-(je/o-)|t=to think]], [[inh|ine-pro|*Hreh₁-]].^(de Vaan 2008) The original meaning was “to count”, still seen in the participle [[ratus]] “counted, fixed, legal” and in the phrase “pro rata parte”, “in proportion”.^(de Vaan 2008) The noun [[ratio|alt=ratiō]] “calculation, reason” was derived from ''ratus''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) Schrijver traces the root to [[ine-pro|*h₂r-|t=to fix]], and Wiktionary to [[ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=to fit together]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The OLD and Lewis and Short call its origin doubtful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Cognate with [[got|𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉|tr=raþjō|t=number, account]] and [[goh|redea|t=account]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) as in Amphitryon's “don't you think I'm expected by my lady?”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short, Gaffiot and the TLL take “to reckon, calculate” as its first sense, from which came “to think, believe, suppose”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL) In Classical Latin it meant only to hold an opinion, and it was used mostly by poets and in elevated prose.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Döderlein counts it, with ''opinari'' and ''putare'', among the verbs for a private opinion rather than a judgment given with authority.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ It was a deponent, and the present participle and future are not found.^(TLL) English ''rate'' and ''reason'' come from its derivatives ''ratus'' and ''ratio''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the sense “to suppose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the sense “to think”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil writes ''ut potius reor'', “as I rather think”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To reckon, [[m|en|calculate]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To think, believe, suppose, [[m|en|deem]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ratihabeō]]

+ * [[ratiō]]

+ * [[ratiōcinor]]

+ * [[ratō]]

+ * [[ratus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ratiōcinābiliter]]

+ * [[ratiōcinātiō]]

+ * [[ratiōcinātīvus]]

+ * [[ratiōcinātor]]

+ * [[ratiōcinium]]

+ * [[ratiōnābilis]]

+ * [[ratiōnābilitās]]

+ * [[ratiōnābiliter]]

+ * [[ratiōnālis]]

+ * [[ratiōnālitās]]

+ * [[en|rate]]

+ * [[en|reason]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''reri'', ''putare'' and ''opinari'', a private opinion, from ''censere'' and ''iudicare'', judgments given with authority.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}