clueo Latin · revision 6148

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clueō''' (present infinitive cluēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*klu-ē-|t=to be known]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ḱlew-|t=to hear]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[spx|kduíú|t=I am called]], [[sa|श्रुत|tr=śrutá|t=heard, famous]], [[grc|κλυτός|tr=klutós|t=famous]], [[sga|ro·cluinethar|t=hears]] and [[cu|слути|tr=sluti|t=to be called]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Only Latvian also has a stative ē-present, probably formed independently.^(de Vaan 2008) The adjective [[inclutus]] “famous” comes from the participle *klu-to-.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose characters are spoken of as pillars of the senate.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be spoken of, be known as, with a predicate nominative, as Plautus' priestess who is known as the priestess of the shrine, and ''ut nōmen cluet'' “as the name implies”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Lucretius it meant to be reckoned as or said to be, and absolutely to exist.^(OLD 2012) The third-conjugation form ''cluere'' is found in Seneca, Accius and late authors.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it in the sense “to be reckoned”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses ''cluere''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be spoken of, be [[m|en|known]] (as).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be reckoned as, said to be; to exist.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cluēns]]

+ * [[cliēns]]

+ * [[inclutus]]

+ * [[inclitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}