pecco Latin · revision 5897

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peccō''' (present infinitive peccāre, perfect active peccāvī, supine peccātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) Walde and Hofmann and Ernout and Meillet proposed *ped-ko- “having a fault in the foot”, from [[pēs]], like [[mancus]] and [[caecus]], and the OLD calls it probably connected with ''pēs''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan objects that the verb never refers to feet, and that a false step would hardly be named after the foot.^(de Vaan 2008) Leumann's *pet-ko- “a fall, error”, from the root [[ine-pro|*pet-|t=to fall]], fits the sense better, but the formation is strange.^(de Vaan 2008) [[xum|pesetom|t=an act spoiling a rite?]] may be related.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose slave admits he had blundered.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to blunder in action or thought, to make a mistake, then to commit a fault of any kind, as Cicero's actor who has once erred in a gesture.^(OLD 2012) Most of all it meant to commit a moral offence, to do wrong, as Plautus' young man who confesses he has done wrong and deserved blame.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to sin, to transgress.^(Stelten 1995) Its descendants include [[fr|pécher]], [[it|peccare]] and [[es|pecar]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of blundering and of wrongdoing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an actor's error.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|blunder]], make a mistake.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To commit a fault, act incorrectly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To do wrong, commit a moral offence.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|sin]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compecco]]

+ * [[peccāmen]]

+ * [[peccantia]]

+ * [[peccatela]]

+ * [[peccātiō]]

+ * [[peccātor]]

+ * [[peccātrīx]]

+ * [[peccātum]]

+ * [[peccātus]]

+ * [[peccābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[peccāns]]

+ * [[peccātōrius]]

+ * [[en|peccadillo]]

+ * [[en|impeccable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}