obirascor Latin · revision 36755

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=la īrāscor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔ.biːˈraːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [o.biˈras.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obīrāscor''' (present infinitive obīrāscī, perfect active obīrātus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|īrāscor|t2=to be angry]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL glosses it as being angry in return or against someone.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found as the participle in Livy, of men who, angry with fortune, had abandoned the worship of the gods: ''fortunae obirati cultum reliquerant deum''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Seneca has the present participle, of a mind that rages against fortune in despair of its own affairs,^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and the participle of people angry at the powerful and of ambition angry at things that do not give way to it.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Lewis & Short call it mostly post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius uses it without a dative: people who are spoken ill of take offence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In the 5th century Claudianus Mamertus writes ''oro quaesoque non obirascaris mihi'' (“I beg and pray you not to be angry with me”),^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) and Avitus has it in a homily.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses the participle of men angry with fortune.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses the present participle, of a mind raging against fortune.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it absolutely, “take offence”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * first half of the 5th century AD – Claudianus Mamertus writes ''non obirascaris mihi''.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(with dative)'' To be [[m|en|angry]] with or at, to [[m|en|resent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(absolute)'' To grow angry, take [[m|en|offence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obiratio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The perfect participle ''obīrātus'' is often used as an adjective, “angered, angry”, with a dative: ''fortūnae obīrātī'' in Livy, ''obīrātī potentibus'' in Seneca.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}