quatio Latin · revision 4753

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷa.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quatiō''' (present infinitive quatere, supine quassum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no perfect stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kʷat-i-]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*(s)kuot-i-]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan compares Germanic verbs for “to shake”, [[goh|scutten|t=to shake]], and perhaps [[lt|kùsti|t=to recover]], and suggests a non-Indo-European origin.^(de Vaan 2008) The LIV derives it from [[ine-pro|*(s)kweh₁t-]], also the root of [[grc|πάσσω|tr=pássō|t=to sprinkle]].^(Wiktionary) The Oxford Latin Dictionary calls it doubtful.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to shake, toss or brandish, as a horse shakes its head in Livy, and Virgil uses it of wings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was to make a building tremble, to batter or shatter, to throw a country into turmoil, to upset a person's mind, to hurry along, and to beat repeatedly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It had no perfect.^(Wiktionary) In compounds it became ''-cutiō'': [[concutiō]], [[discutiō]], [[excutiō]] and [[percutiō]].^(de Vaan 2008) English ''discuss'' comes from ''discutere'' “to shake apart”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of shaking wings.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''discuss'' is recorded, from ''discutere''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|shake]], toss, [[m|en|brandish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To make tremble; to batter, [[m|en|shatter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To throw into turmoil.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To unsettle, agitate (the mind).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To hurry along, urge on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To strike repeatedly, beat on.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concutiō]]

+ * [[dēcutiō]]

+ * [[discutiō]]

+ * [[excutiō]]

+ * [[incutiō]]

+ * [[percutiō]]

+ * [[quassō]]

+ * [[quassus]]

+ * [[quatefaciō]]

+ * [[recutiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quassābilis]]

+ * [[quassābundus]]

+ * [[quassātiō]]

+ * [[quassātūra]]

+ * [[quālus]]

+ * [[en|discuss]]

+ * [[en|quash]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}