queror Latin · revision 4928

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʷɛ.rɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkʷɛː.ror]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''queror''' (present infinitive querī, perfect active questus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kʷes-e/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Walde–Hofmann, Pokorny and the LIV derive it from [[ine-pro|*ḱwes-|t=to hiss, sigh]], through “to sigh”, which de Vaan calls possible but not compelling, and Ernout–Meillet were hesitant.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) If so, it is cognate with [[sa|श्वसिति|tr=śvásiti|t=hisses, snorts]] and [[non|hvæsa|t=to hiss]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it: “I lament my fortunes, kept from the one I love”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to complain, grumble or protest, to complain that something is so, and to bewail, as Caesar's men bewailing their fate.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of birds and other creatures it was to make a plaintive sound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its noun [[querēla]] “complaint” gave Old French ''querele'' and English ''quarrel'', first “ground for complaint”.^(Etymonline) [[querulus]] gave ''querulous''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar's soldiers bewail their fate.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''quarrel'' “dispute” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|complain]], grumble, protest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To bewail, [[m|en|lament]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of birds, to make a plaintive sound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conqueror]]

+ * [[dēqueror]]

+ * [[praequeror]]

+ * [[querēla]]

+ * [[queribundus]]

+ * [[querimōnia]]

+ * [[queritor]]

+ * [[querulus]]

+ * [[questiō]]

+ * [[questus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|quarrel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}