vegeo Latin · revision 6192

+ {{infobox|confidence=disputed|formation=inherited|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *weg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vegeō''' (present infinitive vegēre, perfect active veguī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*weg-eje/o-]], which de Vaan derives from an adjective [[ine-pro|*weg-o-|t=active, awake]], or from a causative *woǵ-éye- “to awaken”, though the e-grade is unusual for a causative.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|वाज|tr=vā́ja|t=contest, reward]], [[got|𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=uswakjan|t=to waken]], [[goh|wahhēn|t=to be awake]] and [[goh|wackar|t=lively]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short connected it with [[vigeō]] “to thrive” and [[vigil]] “awake”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius, who speaks of the winds stirring up the salt seas.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to impart vigour or activity, to stir up, enliven, as Ennius' winds that rouse the sea, and in Varro intransitively to be lively.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It died out after the Republic, Lucretius being the last author to use it, and the sense “to be cheerful” is a phantom.^(de Vaan 2008) Its participle-like adjective [[vegetus]] “vigorous, lively” and the verb ''vegetāre'' “to invigorate” lived on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ From ''vegetāre'' come [[en|vegetable]], first “capable of growth” in the early 15th century, and [[en|vegetate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of winds stirring the sea.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it intransitively.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius is the last to use it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''vegetable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|enliven]], stir up, give vigour to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To be lively.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vegetus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vegetābilis]]

+ * [[vegetālis]]

+ * [[vegetāmen]]

+ * [[vegetātiō]]

+ * [[vegetātor]]

+ * [[vegetō]]

+ * [[vigeō]]

+ * [[en|vegetable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}