applico Latin · revision 6598

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈap.plɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈap.pli.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''applicō''' (present infinitive applicāre, perfect active applicāvī or applicuī, supine applicātum or applicitum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect ''applicāvī'' is regular until the end of the Republic, and ''applicuī'' becomes common afterwards.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-|t=to]] and [[plicō]] “to fold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to bring into contact, put against, as in Catullus and of Caesar's elks leaning against trees, to attach, and to place near.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to bring persons to a place, to bring a ship in, put in, and reflexively to resort to or join someone, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to add, to bring to bear, apply, to apply one's mind, as in Plautus, or oneself, as in Terence, to turn to a course of action, as in Accius, to attach by friendship, and to make applicable, adapt, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to add, bring, apply, join, put to shore.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Portuguese ''chegar'' and Spanish ''llegar'' “to arrive”, from the sense of bringing a ship in.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''aplier'' it is the source of [[en|apply]] in the late 14th century, and [[en|application]] comes from ''applicātiō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring into contact, put against; to attach.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To place near.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring (to a place); to put in (a ship).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' To resort to, join.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To add.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|apply]], bring to bear; to apply (the mind, oneself).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attach by friendship.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To adapt, make applicable.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[applicātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plicō]]

+ * [[en|apply]]

+ * [[en|application]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}