mulgeo Latin · revision 6116

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂melǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mulgeō''' (present infinitive mulgēre, perfect active mulsī, supine mulsum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*molgeje-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂mlǵ-éye-|t=to milk]], an iterative present of [[ine-pro|*h₂melǵ-|t=to milk]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|ἀμέλγω|tr=amélgō|t=to milk]], [[sga|mligid|t=milks]], [[lt|mélžti|t=to milk]] and [[en|milk]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) In view of the Irish word it most likely continues the zero grade of the root.^(de Vaan 2008) The supine [[m|la|mulsum]] was formed after the perfect [[m|la|mulsī]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato, who speaks of the milk drawn on feast days.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to milk an animal, as Virgil's sheep and Pliny the Elder's goats, and to draw milk.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''Hircōs mulgēre'' “to milk he-goats” was proverbial for attempting the impossible.^(Gaffiot 2016) From it came ''mulctra'' “milking-pail”, and [[prōmulgō]] “to make known”, as if “to milk forth”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ It survives in Italian ''mungere'' and Romanian ''mulge''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|promulgate]] comes from ''prōmulgāre'', recorded in the 1520s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of milking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of sheep and of milking he-goats.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''promulgate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|milk]] (an animal).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw (milk).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēmulgeō]]

+ * [[immulgeō]]

+ * [[mulctrum]]

+ * [[mulctus]]

+ * [[mulgare]]

+ * [[mulsum]]

+ * [[mulsūra]]

+ * [[caprimulgus]]

+ * [[equimulga]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōmulgō]]

+ * [[en|milk]]

+ * [[en|promulgate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}