beo Latin · revision 5937

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''beō''' (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) A link with [[bonus]] “good”, from *dwenos, is attractive in meaning, but the formation is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan suggests an adjective [[itc-pro|*dwejo-|t=happy]] beside *dwe-no- “good”, from which the verb was derived.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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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 make happy, gladden, as in Plautus and Terence, and with an ablative to bless or enrich with something, as Horace's Muse who blesses a hero with heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short note that as a finite verb it is rare and mostly poetic, and not found in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace says the Muse blesses with heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make [[m|en|happy]], gladden.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|bless]], enrich (with).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[beātificō]]

+ * [[beātificus]]

+ * [[beātitās]]

+ * [[beātitūdō]]

+ * [[beātulus]]

+ * [[perbeātus]]

+ * [[beātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bonus]]

+ * [[en|beatitude]]

+ * [[en|beatify]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}