vestigo Latin · revision 6626

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [wɛsˈtiː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [vesˈtiː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vestīgō''' (present infinitive vestīgāre, perfect active vestīgāvī, supine vestīgātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[vestīgium]] “footprint” with the verbal suffix -ō, but Wiktionary notes that the reverse derivation is equally possible.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short call the origin doubtful.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, whose Ilia dreams she is slowly tracking and seeking her sister.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to follow the trail of, track down, as Seneca's hound tracking wild beasts and Pliny the Elder's tigress following the scent, to search out things and places, as in Plautus, and to try to find out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it meant to investigate, seek out by inquiry, as Cicero's tracing of fugitives.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ [[en|investigate]] comes about 1500 from its compound ''investīgāre'' “to trace out”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of searching for a sister.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

+ * c. 1500 – English ''investigate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|track]], trail, search for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To search out (things, places).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|investigate]], find out by inquiry.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[investīgō]]

+ * [[pervestīgō]]

+ * [[vestīgium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|investigate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}