repraesento Latin · revision 4648

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repraesentō''' (present infinitive repraesentāre, perfect active repraesentāvī, supine repraesentātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|praesentō|t2=to present]],^(OLD 2012) from [[praesens|alt=praesēns]] “present”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the Second Philippic, says he would gladly offer his life if the freedom of the state could be brought about at once by his death.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense was to give immediate effect to something, to bring it into the present, and so to pay at once in ready money, as Frontinus says of a reward to traitors.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to present to view or exhibit, as Celsus says a corpse shows the organs better than a living man, to present oneself in person, as Columella's bailiff, and to bring to the mind, as Quintilian speaks of images of absent things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to revive what was lost, as Valerius Maximus says of a father's eloquence, and in art to portray, as Pliny the Elder uses it of a statue.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its descendants include [[fr|représenter]], [[it|rappresentare]] and [[es|representar]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|represent]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of showing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of bringing images before the mind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring about at once, give immediate effect to.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pay at once, in ready money.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To show, exhibit, display.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To present oneself, appear in person.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To bring before the mind; to revive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|portray]], [[m|en|represent]] in art.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[repraesentātiō]]

+ * [[repraesentator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praesens|alt=praesēns]]

+ * [[en|represent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}