plecto Latin · revision 4942

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɫɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈplɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plectō''' (present infinitive plectere, perfect active plexī or plexuī, supine plexum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*plekt-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pleḱ-t-e/o-|t=to plait, twine]], an inherited verb also found in Germanic and Balto-Slavic.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|πλέκω|tr=plékō|t=to braid, twine]], [[sa|प्रश्न|tr=praśna|t=turban]], [[cu|плести|tr=plesti|t=to plait]] and [[goh|flehtan|t=to plait]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) [[plicō]] “to fold” is a back-formation from compounds of the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Laevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Laevius to the 2nd or 1st century BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Latin the simple verb was rare and mostly poetic, used chiefly in the participle: to plait, braid or twine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Vulgate it was to curl the hair.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its compounds were far more common: [[amplector]] and [[complector]] “to embrace”.^(de Vaan 2008) English ''complex'' comes from ''complexus'', the participle of ''complectī''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd/1st century BC – Laevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of curling hair.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|plait]], [[m|en|braid]], twine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To twist, bend.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[plectibilis]]

+ * [[dēplector]]

+ * [[implectō]]

+ * [[perplexus]]

+ * [[plecta]]

+ * [[plectilis]]

+ * [[plexilis]]

+ * [[amplector]]

+ * [[circumplectō]]

+ * [[circumplector]]

+ * [[complectō]]

+ * [[complector]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plicō]]

+ * [[en|complex]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A different verb ''plēctō'', used mostly in the passive, means “to beat, punish”, as in Plautus and Cicero; it is related to [[plāga]] “blow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}