ceveo Latin · revision 36992

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *keh₁u-ei̯e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkeː.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cēveō''' (present infinitive cēvēre, perfect active cēvī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect ''cēvī'' is given only by the grammarian Probus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ A third-conjugation form ''cēvō'' also occurs.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kēweō]],^(Wiktionary) [[inh|ine-pro|*keh₁u-ei̯e/o-|t=to throw, shake]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary describes it as the e-grade iterative of [[m|ine-pro|*keh₁w-|t=to swing]].^(Wiktionary) Schrijver took it for a causative with e-grade in the root, but de Vaan notes that the meaning is iterative rather than causative, and that if the verb originally had o-grade, as the LIV assumes, the e-grade is hard to explain.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cs|kývati]] and [[sl|kívati]] “to nod”, from [[sla-pro|*kyvati|t=to nod]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The TLL calls the origin uncertain, reporting W. Meyer's comparison with Slavic verbs for moving the head.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Martial,^(de Vaan 2008) but Nonius quotes it from a fragment of Plautus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a word of satire and epigram, used of the passive partner in sex between men, who moves his haunches lewdly or effeminately.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Juvenal uses it twice and Martial once.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Persius has it figuratively, “to fawn”, which Lewis & Short explain as an image taken from a dog wagging its tail.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – A fragment of Plautus quoted by Nonius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius uses it figuratively, “to fawn”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it in two satires.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(vulgar, of the passive partner in sex between men)'' To move the [[m|en|haunch|alt=haunches]] lewdly or effeminately.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|fawn]], to [[m|en|flatter]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short and Georges compare [[crisso|alt=crīsō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}