removeo Latin · revision 6401

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈmɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈmɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''removeō''' (present infinitive removēre, perfect active remōvī, supine remōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-|t=back, away]] and [[moveō]] “to move”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of removing abstract things, and Cato, of moving things away.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to move back or away, remove, as Caesar's removing of things from sight and Cicero's from a speech, with ''oculōs removēre'' “to look away”, and to subtract.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to send persons away, withdraw troops, as in Cicero, to get rid of, and to banish abstract things, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It meant to remove someone from a position or activity, in law to debar or disqualify, and to set aside, with ''remōtō iocō'' “joking apart”.^(OLD 2012) Syncopated forms such as ''remōrunt'' and ''remōsse'' occur in Horace and Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take away, remove, set aside.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''rimuovere'' and Spanish ''remover''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''removoir'' it is the source of [[en|remove]] in the early 14th century, and [[en|remote]] comes from its participle ''remōtus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''remōtō iocō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''remove'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move back, [[m|en|remove]]; to subtract.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To send away; to withdraw (troops).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To do away with.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To remove (from a position), ''(law)'' to debar.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set aside, ''remōtō iocō'', joking apart.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[remōtus]]

+ * [[en|remove]]

+ * [[en|remote]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}