eximo Latin · revision 6526

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛk.sɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛk.si.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''eximō''' (present infinitive eximere, perfect active exēmī, supine exēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-|t=out]] and [[emō]] “to take, buy”, like [[adimō]] and [[dēmō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of getting rid of something and of freeing a person.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to take out, extract, as Cato's lifting of plants, to quarry, and to take off, remove.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it meant to get rid of, banish, to leave out or deduct, as Cicero's day taken out of the month, to remove from a category, and to use up time.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to free a person from danger, as Cicero's release from chains, to exempt from a tax or duty, and in law to keep someone from appearing in court.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein says [[dēmō]], [[adimō]] and ''eximō'' all mean taking away without force or fraud.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to draw out, deliver, release.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|exempt]] came from its participle ''exēmptus'' in the late 14th century, and its derivative [[exemplum]] “sample” is the source of [[en|example]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of freeing a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

+ * late 14th century – English ''exempt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take out, [[m|en|extract]]; to remove.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get rid of; to omit, deduct.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To use up (time).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To free, release, save.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|exempt]] (from a duty).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exemptilis]]

+ * [[exemptiō]]

+ * [[exemptor]]

+ * [[exemptus]]

+ * [[eximius]]

+ * [[exemplum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[adimō]]

+ * [[en|exempt]]

+ * [[en|example]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}