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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la suēscō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsʷeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsʷɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnsuēscō''' (present infinitive cōnsuēscere, perfect active cōnsuēvī, supine cōnsuētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] and [[suēscō]] “to become accustomed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of becoming used to something and of intimacy.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to become accustomed, get used to, and in the perfect ''cōnsuēvī'' to be accustomed, be in the habit of, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it meant to accustom, train, as Lucretius' exercised arms and Columella's young ox trained to the plough.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to familiarize oneself with, and with ''cum'' to have sexual relations with.^(OLD 2012) Contracted forms such as ''cōnsuērunt'' are frequent in the perfect.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein says [[soleō]] is used of events and actions, ''cōnsuēvisse'' only of a person's habitual action.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to be accustomed, be wont.^(Stelten 1995) Its noun [[cōnsuētūdō]] is the source of [[en|custom]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of habits and intimacy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it transitively.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of forming a habit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To become accustomed, ''(perfect)'' to be accustomed.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To accustom, train.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To form a habit, ''(perfect)'' to be in the habit (of).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To familiarize oneself with.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be intimate (with).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnsuēfaciō]]
+ * [[consueo]]
+ * [[consuētiō]]
+ * [[cōnsuētūdō]]
+ * [[incōnsuētus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cōnsuētus]]
+ * [[suēscō]]
+ * [[soleō]]
+ * [[en|custom]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}