demereo Latin · revision 35990

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈmɛ.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈmɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēmereō''' (present infinitive dēmerēre, perfect active dēmeruī, supine dēmeritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ A deponent ''dēmereor, dēmerērī, dēmeritus sum'' is used from Seneca on.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|mereō|t2=to earn, deserve]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists ⟨dēmerēre⟩ “to earn, oblige”, attested from Plautus, among the derivatives of the simple verb, which he traces with a question mark to [[ine-pro|*(s)mr-eh₁-|t=to earn]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it of earning:^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) in the ''Pseudolus'' a hat is asked how much pay it has earned for its owner that day, ''quid mercedis petasus hodie domino demeret?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With a thing as object, to earn or deserve, it is rare and found only before and after the classical period;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius uses it of earning large sums by beauty.^(OLD 2012) From the Augustan period it takes a person as object and means to oblige someone or win their favour:^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy speaks of a chance to oblige the state by a kindness, and Ovid tells the lover not to be ashamed to win over slaves.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The deponent appears with Seneca, who speaks of a face that wins over whole peoples;^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Tacitus remarks that more wrongs are done in seeking favour than in giving offence.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of earning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of obliging the state.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of winning someone over.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses the deponent form.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of earning money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|earn]], deserve.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|oblige]], please, win the favour of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[commereō]]

+ * [[ēmereō]]

+ * [[mereō]]

+ * [[permereō]]

+ * [[prōmereō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}