obmoveo Latin · revision 36080

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obmoveō''' (present infinitive obmovēre, perfect active obmōvī); second conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is also spelled ⟨ommoveō⟩,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) the spelling the grammarian Marius Victorinus requires.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|moveō|t1=towards, before|t2=to move]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|moveō]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*mow(a)-]] and [[ine-pro|*m(i̯)euh₁-|t=to move]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[lt|máudyti|t=to bathe]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008) whose farm manual has a prayer to Jupiter made while offering him a sacrificial cake.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a religious word for offering something up, known from the prayers in Cato's farm manual.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it pre-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Paulus' epitome of Festus says the ancients used ⟨obmoveto⟩ for [[admoveō|alt=admoveto]], and glossaries took this over.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it in prayers for offering a sacrificial cake.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(religion)'' To [[m|en|offer]] up, make an [[m|en|offering]] of.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[admoveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}