accepto Latin · revision 3992

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [akˈkɛp.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈt͡ʃɛp.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acceptō''' (present infinitive acceptāre, perfect active acceptāvī, supine acceptātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|accipiō|-tō|t1=to receive]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) ''Accipiō'' is from [[ad-]] and [[capio|alt=capiō]] “to take”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has a slave who keeps his master's accounts say that he receives money and pays it out.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Köbler dates Plautus about 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It differs little in meaning from ''accipiō''; the TLL notes that it was used from Plautus on and became more common in the Christian period.^(TLL) It meant to receive regularly, as payment, of fees taken from pupils in Quintilian, and to be given food in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also meant to receive a name, to submit to a yoke in Silius Italicus, and of ground, to admit of a tunnel in Curtius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Manilius uses it of grasping something mentally.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it meant to receive a guest, to obtain, and to approve or recognise.^(MLW) English ''accept'' comes from Old French ''accepter'' or directly from it in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of receiving money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of fees received from pupils.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus uses it of submitting to the yoke.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''accept'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To receive regularly, take (a [[m|en|payment]]).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To receive, be given (a name).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To submit to, [[m|en|accept]] (a condition).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of things)'' To admit of (a procedure).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To grasp mentally, [[m|en|comprehend]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To approve, recognise.^(MLW)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[acceptābilis]]

+ * [[acceptātor]]

+ * [[acceptitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acceptiō]]

+ * [[acceptor]]

+ * [[acceptōrius]]

+ * [[acceptrix]]

+ * [[acceptus]]

+ * [[accipiō]]

+ * [[en|accept]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}