emo Latin · revision 4776

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''emō''' (present infinitive emere, perfect active ēmī, supine ēmptum or ēmtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*eme/o-|t=to take]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁em-e/o-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The first sense “to take” survived in old Latin, according to Paul the Deacon's Festus, and in compounds such as [[adimō]] “to take away”, [[dēmō]] and [[sūmō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cognate with [[xum|emantur|t=may be bought]], [[osc|emmens|t=they took]], [[lt|imù|t=I take]] and [[sga|airfo-emim|t=seize]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it of buying.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to buy or purchase, as a maid for a wife in Terence or olives in Cato, and in auctions to buy at a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It was also to win someone over or bribe, and to gain something immaterial at a cost, often of suffering.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''emere'' is buying to supply oneself, while [[mercor]] is buying as a trade.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it was to buy, and also to redeem.^(MLW) Its compounds gave English words: [[eximō]] “to take out” gave ''exempt'' and, through [[exemplum]], ''example'', and [[redimō]] gave ''redeem''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of buying olives.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''example'' and ''exempt'' are recorded, from ''exemplum'' and ''exemptus''.^(Etymonline)

+ * early 15th century – English ''redeem'' is recorded, from ''redimere''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(Old Latin)'' To take.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To [[m|en|buy]], [[m|en|purchase]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To win over; to [[m|en|bribe]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To gain (at a cost).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To [[m|en|redeem]].^(MLW)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adimō]]

+ * [[coëmō]]

+ * [[dēmō]]

+ * [[dirimō]]

+ * [[emāx]]

+ * [[ēmptīcius]]

+ * [[ēmptiō]]

+ * [[ēmptitō]]

+ * [[emptīuus]]

+ * [[ēmptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perimō]]

+ * [[permitiēs]]

+ * [[pōmum]]

+ * [[pōmus]]

+ * [[sūmō]]

+ * [[en|example]]

+ * [[en|exempt]]

+ * [[en|redeem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}