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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *h₁eus-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deˈuː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈuː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''deūrō''' (present infinitive deūrere, perfect active deussī, supine deustum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|ūrō|t1=down, thoroughly|t2=to burn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ūrō]] to [[itc-pro|*ouse/o-|t=to burn]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁eus-e/o-|t=to burn]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|ओषति|tr=oṣati|t=to burn, scorch]], [[grc|εὕω|tr=heúō|t=to singe]] and [[non|ysja|t=fire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Lucilius on.^(TLL) Its first sense is to burn up completely.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to burn thoroughly or burn down.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Caesar uses it of the burnt screens of siege towers, the ''Bellum Hispaniense'' of a burnt town, and Livy of villages, crops and farmland burnt as the land was laid waste;^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus has part of the Circus and the Caelian Hill burnt down.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius uses it of burning books, and Minucius Felix of writings burnt in an assembly.^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short call it frequent in the historians, rare elsewhere, and absent from Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It was also used of cold and other forces that wither as if by burning:^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Livy has a winter that had blighted the trees, Curtius coastal lands blasted by the north wind, and Seneca a serpent that scorches whatever its breath touches.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it, the earliest author the TLL records.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of burnt siege screens.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of villages burnt and of trees blighted by winter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses it of land blasted by the north wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a serpent's scorching breath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of burning books.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|burn]] up, burn down, [[m|en|consume]] by fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of cold, wind or a serpent's breath) To [[m|en|wither]], blight.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūrō]]

+ * [[combūrō]]

+ * [[exūrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}