tero Latin · revision 4993

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *terh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''terō''' (present infinitive terere, perfect active trīvī, supine trītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Catullus has the contracted perfect ''trīstī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*tera-]], from [[ine-pro|*terh₁-|t=to rub]], with a present stem isolated in Indo-European; the /ī/ of the perfect points to an old athematic present *treh₁-i-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|τείρω|tr=teírō|t=to wear out]], [[grc|τρίβω|tr=tríbō|t=to rub]], [[lt|tìrti|t=to investigate]] and [[cu|трѣти|tr=trěti|t=to rub]].^(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 rub, as Terence's rubbing the eyes and Pliny's rubbing wood on wood, and to thresh grain, as Cato's threshing floor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) It was to grind or bruise, to wear away by attrition, as Lucretius' clothes worn out, to tread a road often, and to spend or waste time.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Its derivatives include ''trītūra'' “threshing” and ''terebra'' “drill”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato describes a threshing floor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of rubbing the eyes.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To [[m|en|thresh]] (grain).^(OLD 2012)

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

+ # To wear away, wear out.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To tread (a path) often.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To spend, pass (time).^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[atterō]]

+ * [[circumterō]]

+ * [[conterō]]

+ * [[dēterō]]

+ * [[disterō]]

+ * [[exterō]]

+ * [[interō]]

+ * [[intrītus]]

+ * [[obterō]]

+ * [[perterō]]

+ * [[praeterō]]

+ * [[prōterō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trīcae]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}