posco Latin · revision 5879

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɔs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''poscō''' (present infinitive poscere, perfect active poposcī or peposcī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*pork-ske/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*prḱ-sk-e/o-|t=to keep asking]], a present in *-sk- of the root [[ine-pro|*preḱ-|t=to ask]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[xum|pepurkurent|t=they will have demanded]], [[sa|पृच्छति|tr=pṛcchati|t=asks]] and [[goh|forskōn|t=to search]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The same root is in [[prex]] “prayer”, [[precor]] “to pray” and [[procus]] “suitor”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Schrijver doubted whether the vowel is regular for *pr̥ksk-, since [[osc|comparascuster]] may show *parksk-.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to ask for insistently or with authority, to demand, with a double accusative to demand something of someone, and to summon, as Virgil's suppliant who calls on the gods.^(OLD 2012) Plautus uses it of asking a girl in marriage and of bidding at an auction.^(OLD 2012) Of things it meant to require, as what the times of the republic demanded.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein places ''poscere'' at the demanding end of a scale that runs through [[petō]] and [[rogō]] to [[ōrō]], the humble request.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval grammar it was used of a verb that requires a case.^(eLexicon Polonorum)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of demanding food and of asking for a bride.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of what the times demanded.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of calling on the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask for insistently, [[m|en|demand]], call for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To summon, call upon.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To ask (a woman) in [[m|en|marriage]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bid for (at an auction).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To demand to know.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (Of things) to [[m|en|require]], call for.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apposcō]]

+ * [[dēposcō]]

+ * [[exposcō]]

+ * [[poscinummius]]

+ * [[reposcō]]

+ * [[posculentus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[postulō]]

+ * [[prex]]

+ * [[procus]]

+ * [[precor]]

+ * [[en|postulate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}