lavo Latin · revision 4851

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *lewh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫa.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlaː.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lavō''' (present infinitive lavāre, perfect active lāvī, supine lavātum or lōtum or lautum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Old Latin and poets also have a third-conjugation present ''lavere''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The participle is ''lautus'' or ''lōtus'', and the supine ''lavātum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*lowa-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(le-)louh₃-|t=to wash]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains the transitive [[m|la|lavere]] “to wash something” from the inherited present, beside [[m|la|lavāre]] “to wash oneself”; the same verb lies in compounds in [[m|la|-luō]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with Umbrian [[m|xum|vutu|t=let him wash]], [[grc|λούω|tr=loúō|t=to wash]] and [[sga|lóathar|t=basin]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to wash something, and ''laterem lavāre'' “to wash a brick” was to waste one's effort.^(OLD 2012) Intransitively and in the passive it was to wash oneself or bathe, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was to wash away, as blood with blood in Ennius, to extract metal by washing ore, and to wet or moisten.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives as [[it|lavare]], [[fr|laver]], [[es|lavar]] and [[ro|la]].^(Wiktionary) English ''lavatory'', ''latrine'' and ''laundry'' come from its derivatives.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''lavāre'' of bathing before a sacrifice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''latrine'' is recorded, from ''lātrīna'', a contraction of ''lavātrīna''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – English ''lavatory'' is recorded, first as “washbasin”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|wash]], ''laterem lavāre'', to waste one's effort.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To wash oneself, [[m|en|bathe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To wash away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To extract (metal) by washing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To wet, moisten.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abluō]]

+ * [[alluō]]

+ * [[circumluō]]

+ * [[circumlavō]]

+ * [[dēluō]]

+ * [[dēlavō]]

+ * [[dīluō]]

+ * [[ēluō]]

+ * [[ēlavō]]

+ * [[illuviēs]]

+ * [[inluviēs]]

+ * [[interluō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|lavatory]]

+ * [[en|latrine]]

+ * [[en|laundry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}