perlabor Latin · revision 34395

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=la lābor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈɫaː.bɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈlaː.bor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perlābor''' (present infinitive perlābī, perfect active perlāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|lābor#1|t2=to glide, slip]].^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it, with [[m|la|lābor#1]], among the words placed beside [[m|la|labō|t=to totter]], but he doubts that connection and leaves [[m|la|lābor#1|alt=lābī]] without a further etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan first finds it in Lucilius,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of a horse that glides over plains and hills at a single pace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to [[m|en|glide]] along, through or over something, mostly in poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it of air passing through the eyes and of the moon gliding through the shadow of the cone, and Virgil of Neptune skimming the tops of the waves on light wheels and of a faint breath of fame that barely reaches us.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) In prose Cicero uses it of food passing through a vein to the heart, and Livy of two snakes that slipped into the temple of Jupiter.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Cicero also says that Hercules passed to us and as far as the Ocean;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short think this may be a poetic echo.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Later poets such as Statius use it of rumour spreading through cities.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a horse gliding over plains and hills.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of air passing through the eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of food passing to the heart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of Neptune skimming the waves.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – Livy uses it of snakes slipping into a temple.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move smoothly onwards, [[m|en|glide]] along or through;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (of a rumour) to spread.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To glide over or through, [[m|en|skim]] (the waves, the air).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The grammarian Velius Longus says that more refined speakers preferred ''pellābor'' to ''perlābor''.^(TLL) Lucretius has the old infinitive ''perlābier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}