apporto Latin · revision 4425

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apportō''' (present infinitive apportāre, perfect active apportāvī, supine apportātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|portō|t2=to carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) It is also spelled [[m|la|adportō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has a character say that if they bring good news he is grateful.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to carry or bring to a person or place, and specially to import, as Cicero speaks of a stone that had to be cut and carried.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to bring with one, of an event to bring in its train, and to present a new play, as in Terence's prologues.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent before Cicero, who uses it only literally, and was later replaced by [[affero|alt=adferō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) With ''adventum'' it meant to come, arrive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Medieval Latin used it of bringing, of reporting news and of handing over property.^(MLW) Its Romance descendants include [[fr|apporter]], [[it|apportare]] and [[es|aportar]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[en|rapport]] comes from French ''rapporter'', built on ''apporter''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of presenting a play.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of carrying stone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring, carry, convey; to [[m|en|import]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring with one; to present a play.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring news.^(OLD 2012)

+ # With ''adventum'', to come, arrive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apportātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[porto|alt=portō]]

+ * [[en|rapport]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}