prodigo Latin · revision 35942

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la agō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.dɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.di.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōdigō''' (present infinitive prōdigere, perfect active prōdēgī, supine prōdāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prō-|agō|t2=to drive]], with the prefix in the form ⟨prōd-⟩, as in [[m|la|redigō]] and [[m|la|redeō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest use is in a comedy of Naevius, of people who squander abroad what their fathers acquired.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “waste, squander” is found in the verse of Naevius, Plautus, Caecilius and Pomponius, and in the prose of Sallust, Tacitus, Suetonius and later writers;^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Plautus warns that what one squanders on a holiday one may lack on a working day.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Festus explains it as “consumed, lost”.^(TLL) The literal “drive forth” is found only in Varro, of driving pigs into muddy lanes and chickens out into the sun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius and Ammianus Marcellinus use it of giving up one's limbs or life to fortune or for victory,^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) the jurist Modestinus uses it in the neutral sense “use up, consume”,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) and Tertullian of driving away sleep.^(Georges 1913) The participle ''prōdāctus'' is not found before Tertullian.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to drive forth.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of squandering an inheritance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of spending on a holiday.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of driving pigs out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of squandering others' property.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of squandering wealth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian has the participle ''prōdāctus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To drive forth, drive out.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|squander]], [[m|en|waste]], lavish.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To use up, [[m|en|consume]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To drive away.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōdigentia]]

+ * [[prōdigus]]

+ * [[prōdiguus]]

+ * [[prōdāctus]]

+ * [[prōdigālitās]]

+ * [[prōdigē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}