consuo Latin · revision 36968

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *siuH-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkõː.su.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔn.su.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsuō''' (present infinitive cōnsuere, perfect active cōnsuī, supine cōnsūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|suō|t2=to sew]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the simple verb to [[itc-pro|*s(j)ūje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*siuH-ie/o-|t=to sew]], and finds the compound from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[lt|siū́ti]] and [[lv|šũt]], both meaning “to sew”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan finds it from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus already uses it figuratively, in the ''Amphitruo'', of lies stitched together, ''cōnsūtīs dolīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The literal sense is to sew two things together, or to make something by sewing pieces together: Varro speaks of sewing a tunic out of two pieces, Vitruvius of hides sewn double, and Ulpian of parchment sheets not yet sewn.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short call the word very rare and mostly pre- and post-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Plautus it is said of devising tricks,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Seneca uses the phrase ''ōs cōnsuere'', to sew up someone's mouth, that is, to forbid them to speak.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Elder uses it scornfully of stuffing picture galleries with old paintings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In cookery Apicius uses it for sewing up stuffed meat.^(Georges 1913)

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+ In law, Gaius uses the neuter participle ''cōnsūtum'' for a garment stitched together.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Jerome speaks of people who sew tunics together after losing the seamless one.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of lies ''cōnsūtīs dolīs'', “with stitched-up tricks”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of sewing a tunic from two pieces.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses ''ōs cōnsuere'' for silencing someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of filling galleries with old pictures.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses ''cōnsūtum'' for a stitched garment.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome writes of sewing tunics together.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sew]] together, [[m|en|stitch]] up; to make by sewing pieces together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To patch up, [[m|en|devise]], [[m|en|contrive]] (tricks, lies).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''ōs cōnsuere'': to sew up someone's mouth, forbid them to speak.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To fill or stuff with something (scornfully).^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[consutilis]]

+ * [[consutum]]

+ * [[inconsutus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sūtor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}