vado Latin · revision 5504

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *weh₂dʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwaː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvaː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vādō''' (present infinitive vādere, perfect active vāsī, supine vāsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*wāþe/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-|t=to advance]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[vadum]] “ford” is from the same root, and a verb derived from it means “to ford”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cognate with [[goh|watan|t=to wade]], [[non|vaða|t=to wade]] and [[en|wade]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008) Ennius has warriors who seek a kingdom and advance with full force.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to advance or go, especially with a rapid, violent or purposeful movement, as against an enemy in Livy, and figuratively of glory that takes a steep path.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of things it meant to move or extend, and in the senate ''pedibus vādere in sententiam'' was to support a motion by walking over to its side.^(OLD 2012) It also simply meant to set off, as Cicero says a visitor “leaves tomorrow morning”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In spoken Latin it replaced much of [[eō]], and its present forms survive in the verbs for “to go”: [[fr|aller]] (''va''), [[it|andare]] (''va'') and [[es|ir]] (''va'').^(Wiktionary) Its compounds [[invādō]] and [[ēvādō]] gave [[en|invade]] in the late 15th century and [[en|evade]] in the 1510s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has troops advance with full force.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero says a visitor leaves the next morning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English ''invade'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1510s – English ''evade'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|advance]], go (with purpose or force).^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of things) To move, extend.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''pedibus vādere in sententiam'', to vote for a motion by moving to its side.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set off, depart.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vadum]]

+ * [[en|wade]]

+ * [[en|invade]]

+ * [[en|evade]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It has no proper perfect, ''vāsī'' is found only late, in Tertullian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}