syngraphus Latin · revision 35734

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc σύγγραφος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsyŋ.ɡra.pʰʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsiŋ.ɡra.fus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''syngraphus''' ''m'' (genitive syngraphī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ⟨sungraphus⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|σύγγραφος|tr=súngraphos|t=written document, contract]].^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) Köbler connects the Greek noun with [[m|grc|συγγράφω|tr=sungráphō|t=to write down, compose]], from [[m|grc|σύν|tr=sún|t=together]] and [[m|grc|γράφω|tr=gráphō|t=to write]].^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary calls it an unadapted borrowing and gives the Greek word as ⟨συγγραφός⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Asinaria'' uses it of a written contract: one character asks to be shown the ''syngraphus'' drawn up between himself, his girlfriend and the procuress.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides a written contract or agreement,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus uses it in the ''Captivi'' for a written pass or safe-conduct, obtained from the praetor so that its bearer may go home.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The dictionaries quote it only from these two plays.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for a contract in the ''Asinaria'' and for a pass in the ''Captivi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A written [[m|en|contract]] or agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A written pass, [[m|en|safe-conduct]], [[m|en|passport]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}