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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwaː.ɡi.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvaː.d͡ʒi.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vāgiō''' (present infinitive vāgīre, perfect active vāgīvī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD calls it imitative and compares [[grc|ἠχή|tr=ēkhḗ|t=sound]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that [[sa|वग्नु|tr=vagnú|t=sound, call]] may have *g but is derived from another root, and that [[lt|vógrauti|t=to weep]] is also compared, while Greek [[grc|ἴαχε|tr=íakhe|t=shouted]] and [[got|𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=gaswōgjan|t=to sigh]] have a consonant that does not match.^(de Vaan 2008) A solution would be a root [[ine-pro|*weh₂-|t=to cry]] with different enlargements.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Varro thought the word imitated the sound of a newborn's voice.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius, who has a cry resounding to the sky.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cry or wail, of babies, as Cicero's ''vāgīre'' of a newborn, and of young goats and hares, as in Martial and Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ennius a cry itself resounds.^(OLD 2012) From it came [[vāgītus]] “wailing” and ''vāgor'' “loud crying”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ It survives in French and Portuguese ''vagir'' and Italian ''vagire'', and English ''vagient'' is borrowed from it.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a cry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a newborn.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a kid.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(of babies)'' To cry, [[m|en|wail]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(of young goats, hares)'' To cry.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(of a cry)'' To resound.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vāgītus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}