maereo Latin · revision 5507

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmae̯.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''maereō''' (present infinitive maerēre, perfect active maeruī, supine maestum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[itc-pro|*mais-]] “sad, grief”, perhaps from a form *meh₂is-, but no acceptable Indo-European source has been found.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It is probably related to [[miser]] “wretched”, and its participle [[maestus]] “sad” belongs with it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Ennius has a crowd “grieving, weeping, shedding tears, lamenting”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be sad, to mourn or grieve, and as a transitive verb to mourn for or bewail, as people mourned Cicero's misfortune.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of the soothing of grief (''sēdātiō maerendī'').^(Gaffiot 2016) It is also written ''moereō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its derivatives are the noun [[maeror]] “grief”, the adjective [[maestus]] and [[maestitia]] “sadness”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius describes people grieving and weeping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of people mourning his misfortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be sad, [[m|en|mourn]], [[m|en|grieve]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (transitive) To mourn for, [[m|en|bewail]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[maerēns]]

+ * [[maeror]]

+ * [[maestificō]]

+ * [[maestificus]]

+ * [[maestiter]]

+ * [[maestitia]]

+ * [[maestitūdō]]

+ * [[maestō]]

+ * [[maestus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[miser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}