dilapido Latin · revision 6542

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la lapis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈɫa.pɪ.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈlaː.pi.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīlapidō''' (present infinitive dīlapidāre, perfect active dīlapidāvī, supine dīlapidātum); first conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-|t=apart]] and [[lapidō]] “to throw stones”, from [[lapis]] “stone”: literally “to scatter like stones”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Terence, of squandering thirty minae.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Terence it meant to throw away, squander money, which the OLD treats as figuratively bringing an edifice to ruin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Columella it meant to pelt as with stones, of hail battering the farmer's work.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short call it very rare, and cite Firmicus Maternus for squandering wealth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to squander.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''dilapidare'' and Spanish ''dilapidar''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|dilapidate]] was borrowed in the 1560s, meaning to bring a building to ruin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of squandering money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of hail pelting crops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''dilapidate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|squander]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To ruin (as an edifice, figuratively).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pelt as with stones.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīlapidātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lapis]]

+ * [[lapidō]]

+ * [[en|dilapidated]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}