participo Latin · revision 6447

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la pars, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [parˈtɪ.kɪ.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [parˈtiː.t͡ʃi.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''participō''' (present infinitive participāre, perfect active participāvī, supine participātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[particeps]] “sharing”, from [[pars]] “part” and [[capiō]] “to take”, with the verbal suffix -ō.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) A deponent form occurs in an inscription and in Ulpian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, of sharing in something with others.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to share or take part with others in something, as in Ennius, and to share knowledge with others, as in Apuleius.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to make someone a sharer, impart to, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to share, participate, impart, acquaint.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''participer'' and Italian ''partecipare''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|participate]] was borrowed in the 1530s, and [[en|partake]] is a loan translation of it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of making someone a sharer.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''participate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To share in, [[m|en|participate]] in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To share (knowledge) with.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make a sharer, impart to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[participātiō]]

+ * [[participium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[particeps]]

+ * [[pars]]

+ * [[en|participate]]

+ * [[en|partake]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}