clepo Latin · revision 5913

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɫɛ.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈklɛː.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clepō''' (present infinitive clepere, perfect active clepsī, supine cleptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*klep-e/o-|t=to steal]], [[inh|ine-pro|*klep-e/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[osc|kulupu|t=of thieves]], [[grc|κλέπτω|tr=kléptō|t=to steal]], [[grc|κλέπτης|tr=kléptēs|t=thief]], [[got|𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽|tr=hlifan|t=to steal]] and [[mga|cluain|t=deceit]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Lewis and Short connected [[clipeus]] “shield”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The perfect is [[m|la|clepsī]], not *clepī.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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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 take away secretly, steal, an archaic word, as Plautus' and Lucilius' uses, and Cicero's translation of Aeschylus, ''clepere dolō'' “to steal by craft”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant to overhear secretly, as Pacuvius' character who has caught our talk from hiding, and with a reflexive to steal away, hide oneself.^(OLD 2012) Cicero's laws have the old form ''clepsit''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of overhearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''clepere dolō'' in a translation of Aeschylus.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|steal]], take away secretly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To overhear secretly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' To steal away, hide oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cleptō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|kleptomania]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}