subvecto Latin · revision 36319

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''subvectō''' (present infinitive subvectāre, perfect active subvectāvī, supine subvectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|subvehō|-tō|t1=to carry up]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|vehō|t=to carry]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*weχ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ueǵh-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|वहति|tr=váhati|t=to carry, convey]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it in the ''Asinaria'' of donkeys that used to bring elm rods into town from the farm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to carry or bring something up, often or with effort, uphill, inland or from the coast.^(OLD 2012) Apart from Plautus it belongs to poetry and to prose after Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil uses it of carrying stones on the shoulders and of ferrying bodies across in a skiff;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Columella of loads, Statius of bread baskets and napkins, and Tacitus of ships that had carried grain up the Tiber.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of donkeys carrying rods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of stones carried on the shoulders and of ferrying bodies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of loads.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of grain carried up the Tiber.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|convey]] (often or laboriously) upwards, or inland from the coast; to carry, bring.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|ferry]], transport by boat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vectō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}