areo Latin · revision 4804

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eh₁s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈaː.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āreō''' (present infinitive ārēre, perfect active āruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ās-ē-|t=to be dry]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂eh₁s-eh₁-|t=to be dry]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[xto|asatär|t=dries up]].^(de Vaan 2008) [[āridus]] “dry” and [[ārdeō]] “to burn” are from it; [[ārea]] “open space” may belong here too, as land cleared by burning, but de Vaan thinks this uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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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 be dry or parched, as Ovid's earth, of plants to wither, and of people to suffer from thirst, as Tantalus in the water.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its derivative ''āridus'' gave English ''arid''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of pasture drying up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''arid'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be [[m|en|dry]], [[m|en|parched]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of plants, to be withered.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To suffer from [[m|en|thirst]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ārea]]

+ * [[ārefaciō]]

+ * [[ārēscō]]

+ * [[āridus]]

+ * [[arificus]]

+ * [[āritūdō]]

+ * [[ārēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āriditās]]

+ * [[āridulus]]

+ * [[āra]]

+ * [[assus]]

+ * [[en|arid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}