vocito Latin · revision 36337

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwɔ.kɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɔː.t͡ʃi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vocitō''' (present infinitive vocitāre, perfect active vocitāvī, supine vocitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vocō|-itō|t1=to call|t2=frequentative suffix]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan explains [[m|la|vocō]] as a denominative from the oblique stem of [[m|la|vōx|t=voice]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*uōkʷ-s|t=voice]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008) In the ''Captivi'' it gives a name: ''Paegnium vocitātust'', “he was called Paegnium”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In classical Latin it means to call habitually by a name, usually with two accusatives.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Varro explains a word with it: ''ubi cēnābant cēnāculum vocitābant'', “where they dined they called the cenaculum”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Lucretius, Cicero and Nepos use it in the same way,^(OLD 2012) and lawyers used the passive with ''nōmine'' of the name a person went by.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ A second sense, “to call loudly or insistently”, appears in Statius^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and in Tacitus' ''clāmor vocitantium'', the shouting of people calling out.^(Lewis 1890)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it to give a person's name.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it in explaining the word ''cēnāculum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero writes that the Romans called all their sole rulers kings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of calling someone insistently.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|call]] habitually by a name, to [[m|en|name]] (with two accusatives, or with ''nōmine'').^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(passive, of a person)'' To go by a name.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To call loudly or insistently, [[m|en|summon]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis 1890)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}