loco Latin · revision 6255

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la locus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫɔ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlɔː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''locō''' (present infinitive locāre, perfect active locāvī, supine locātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[locus]] “place” with the verbal suffix -ō.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ''Locus'' comes from Old Latin [[m|la|stlocus]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Ennius, of placing something and of setting up buildings.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place, put in a position, as Cicero's camp near Cybistra, to arrange words in a sentence, to station troops, as in Plautus, and to settle people.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In the passive it meant to be situated, and figuratively to be placed in circumstances or to depend on.^(OLD 2012) In business it meant to let out work on contract, to farm out taxes, as in Cicero, to give a girl in marriage, to hire out, lease property, and to lend money at interest, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Plautus has the old form ''locāssim''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to place, hire out, rent, lease.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''louer'' “to rent” and Italian ''locare''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|locate]] came from its participle ''locātus'' in the 1650s, and [[en|location]] from ''locātiō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of placing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of stationing, marrying off and lending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of farming out taxes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''locate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|place]], put, set; to arrange.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To station; to settle.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(passive)'' To be situated.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To contract out (work); to farm out (taxes).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give in marriage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hire out, [[m|en|lease]]; to lend at interest.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ablocō]]

+ * [[collocō]]

+ * [[ēlocō]]

+ * [[locaticius]]

+ * [[locātim]]

+ * [[locātiō]]

+ * [[locātor]]

+ * [[locātum]]

+ * [[locitō]]

+ * [[obloco]]

+ * [[praelocō]]

+ * [[relocō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locālis]]

+ * [[locālitās]]

+ * [[locāliter]]

+ * [[locellus]]

+ * [[loculus]]

+ * [[locus]]

+ * [[en|locate]]

+ * [[en|location]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}