permetior Latin · revision 34364

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈmeː.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈmɛt.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''permētior''' (present infinitive permētīrī, perfect active permēnsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|mētior|t2=to measure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan explains the simple verb as made from a noun [[itc-pro|*mēti-|t=measurement]], from [[ine-pro|*meh₁-ti-]], which he also finds in [[ang|mǣd|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of travelling a road, ''ad vos viam''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) The OLD’s first citation is from Ennius’ ''Annales'', of a she-wolf that crosses a plain at a swift pace and makes for the woods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means both measuring exactly, as Cicero speaks of measuring the size of the sun as if with a ten-foot rod, and travelling over a distance from end to end, as in Plautus, Lucretius and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Statius uses ''permetiri oculis'' of boxers sizing each other up,^(OLD 2012) and Seneca of passing right through a period of time.^(OLD 2012) The perfect participle could have a passive sense, “measured”.^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) Orosius uses it figuratively for weighing up or judging something.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of travelling a road.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a she-wolf crossing a plain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of measuring the size of the sun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of travelling over the sea.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of boxers sizing each other up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 417/418 AD – Orosius uses it of judging a situation.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|measure]] exactly, measure out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''permetiri oculis'': to size up with the eyes.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To travel over from end to end, [[m|en|traverse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To pass right through, complete (a period of time).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To weigh up, [[m|en|judge]].^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[permensio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}