pecto Latin · revision 4945

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pectō''' (present infinitive pectere, perfect active pexī, supine pexum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is barely attested outside the grammarians; the participle is ''pexus'', also ''pectitus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*petke/o-|t=to comb]], from [[ine-pro|*p(e)tḱ-]], which Pinault explains as a dissimilated reduplicated *pe-pḱ- of [[ine-pro|*peḱ-|t=to pluck]], fitting the repeated motion of combing.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[pecten]] “comb” is from the same stem.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|πέκω|tr=pékō|t=to comb, shear]], [[grc|κτείς|tr=kteís|t=comb]], [[lt|pèšti|t=to pluck]] and [[goh|fehtan|t=to fight]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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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 comb the hair, as Horace's Paris combing his locks in vain and Tibullus' fine-toothed comb, and to card or comb wool and flax, as in Columella and Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) By extension it was to hoe or weed, and figuratively to give someone a thrashing.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of Paris combing his hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of carding wool.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|comb]] (hair).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|card]], heckle (wool, flax).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To hoe, weed.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To thrash.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēpectō]]

+ * [[impexus]]

+ * [[oppectō]]

+ * [[pecten]]

+ * [[pectiō]]

+ * [[perpexus]]

+ * [[pexātus]]

+ * [[pexitās]]

+ * [[prōpexus]]

+ * [[repectō]]

+ * [[pectitus]]

+ * [[pexus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pectinārius]]

+ * [[pectinātim]]

+ * [[pectinātor]]

+ * [[pectinātus]]

+ * [[pectinō]]

+ * [[pectunculus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}