coagmento Latin · revision 35900

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ko.aɡˈmɛn.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ko.aɡˈmɛn.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coagmentō''' (present infinitive coagmentāre, perfect active coagmentāvī, supine coagmentātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|coagmentum|-ō|t1=joint]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That noun is made from [[m|la|cōgō|t=to collect, gather]] with ⟨-mentum⟩;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary notes that the verb comes from ⟨co(n)-⟩ and [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]], which may explain the ⟨-a-⟩ of the noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The simple verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL first records it once in Varro,^(TLL) in a fragment on a board used for stones fitted together.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it a technical term of good prose, most frequent in Cicero;^(Lewis & Short 1879) the TLL counts it seven times in Cicero and eight in Vitruvius.^(TLL) Caesar uses it of beams laid and fastened together in a wall, Vitruvius of tiles joined to one another and of pipes, Seneca of panelled ceilings, Columella of a crack sealed up, and Pliny the Elder of pieces of bark joined together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ It also meant “to construct by joining”: Cicero says that nature itself takes apart the work it has put together, and that nothing in the soul is compounded or joined;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Curtius has a garment set with emeralds and gems, and Pliny garlic made up of many cloves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Cicero used it figuratively, mostly with ''quasi'' or ''quodam modo'', of fitting words together, as Quintilian did after him,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and once of a peace that could not be cemented.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of stones fitted together.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of nature's work and of fitting words together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of beams fastened together.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of tiles joined to one another.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of an orator fitting words together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|join]] or fasten together, [[m|en|cement]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of words) To fit together in speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To make by joining together, [[m|en|construct]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (figurative) to conclude (a peace).^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coagmentātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}