complector Latin · revision 6565

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpɫɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈplɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''complector''' (present infinitive complectī, perfect active complexus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[plectō]] “to plait, twine”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) An active form ⟨complectō⟩ is also found.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of embracing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to hold in the arms, embrace, hug, as in Plautus and Cicero, to clasp a hand, and of sleep to embrace someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Figuratively it meant to welcome a person's friendship, to embrace a cause or course of action, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) It meant to seize, grasp, and with ''animō'' or alone to grasp mentally, comprehend, or keep in mind.^(OLD 2012) It meant to surround, enclose, as in Caesar, to encompass or include, to cover a subject in a book or speech, and to sum up briefly.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[amplector]] is to embrace with calm affection, often with one arm, while ''complector'' is to clasp with both arms in passion or confidence.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to surround, comprehend, embrace.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|complex]] came in the 1650s from its participle ''complexus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of embracing a cause and of grasping mentally.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of surrounding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''complex'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|embrace]], hug, clasp.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To embrace (a friendship, cause, course).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To seize, grasp.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To comprehend; to remember.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To surround, enclose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To include, cover (in writing).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sum up.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[complexiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plectō]]

+ * [[amplector]]

+ * [[en|complex]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}