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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la status}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsta.tu.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstaː.tu.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''statuō''' (present infinitive statuere, perfect active statuī, supine statūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[status]] “position, standing” with the verbal suffix -ō, from the root of [[stō]] “to stand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The participle [[xum|statita]] suggests a Proto-Italic *statuō.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus and Ennius, of setting things upright and of setting up a statue.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to set up, make stand, as Plautus' couches and Livy's planted standard, to fix in the ground, to erect a building, to found a city, as in Accius, and to set up a statue.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to place a person or station troops, and to make stand still, stop.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[sistō]] stops something moving, while ''statuere'' sets it firmly in place.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ Figuratively it meant to lay down as a basis, to establish a practice, to decree, appoint a time or price, fix a penalty, and to appoint a person, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) It meant to decide, determine, to hold as a conviction, judge, and to resolve to do something.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its derivative ''statua'' gave [[en|statue]] in the late 14th century, and its participle ''statūtum'' “decree” gave [[en|statute]] about 1300.^(Etymonline) [[en|institute]] comes from its compound [[īnstituō]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of setting things in place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of setting up a statue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of decreeing and deciding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''statute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To set up, place upright; to erect, build.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To found (a city).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To station, place.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To stop, halt.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|establish]]; to decree, appoint.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fix (a time, price, penalty).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|decide]], determine; to judge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To resolve (to do something).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[astituō]]
+ * [[cōnstituō]]
+ * [[dēstituō]]
+ * [[īnstituō]]
+ * [[praestituō]]
+ * [[prōstituō]]
+ * [[restituō]]
+ * [[statua]]
+ * [[statūmen]]
+ * [[statūtiō]]
+ * [[substituō]]
+ * [[statūtus]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[status]]
+ * [[stō]]
+ * [[en|statue]]
+ * [[en|statute]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}