populor Latin · revision 6440

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=la populus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɔ.pʊ.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔː.pu.lor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''populor''' (present infinitive populārī, perfect active populātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[populus]] “people, army”, but the development of meaning is uncertain.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan suggests an earlier sense “to have an army pass through”, as Germanic *harjōną “to harry” from *harjaz “army”.^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short explain it as spreading over a region in a multitude.^(Lewis & Short 1879) An active form ⟨populō⟩ also occurs.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Naevius, of ravaging lands.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to ravage, plunder, lay waste lands, as Caesar's and Cicero's devastation of territory, and of animals to ravage crops, as in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of things it meant to cause great damage, devastate, as Ovid's and Virgil's destruction, and in Pliny the Elder to despoil, strip.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein says [[vāstō]] is to lay waste out of rage or policy, while ''populārī'' is to plunder.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of ravaging lands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of laying waste.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of devastation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|ravage]], [[m|en|plunder]], lay waste.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To devastate, damage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To despoil, strip.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēpopulor]]

+ * [[populābundus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[populus]]

+ * [[populātiō]]

+ * [[vāstō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}