particeps Latin · revision 6634

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=la pars, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpar.tɪ.kɛps]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpar.ti.t͡ʃeps]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''particeps''' (genitive participis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pars]] “part” and [[-ceps|t=taker]], from [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Livius Andronicus, whom he dates 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Plautus has ''fac participēs nōs tuae sapientiae'' “let us share your wisdom”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant sharing, participating in, usually with a genitive, of persons and their minds, as in Plautus and Terence, and of things, as Cicero's kind of divination that shares in art.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a noun it meant a participant, sharer, partner, or an accomplice.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts [[socius]], bound by common interests to act together, with companions in pleasure.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a joint owner, and an accessory to a crime.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''partecipe'' and Spanish ''partícipe''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|participate]] and [[en|participation]] come from its verb [[participō]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus asks to share in wisdom.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of things.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Sharing, participating (in).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|participant]], sharer, [[m|en|partner]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An accomplice.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A joint owner.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comparticeps]]

+ * [[participium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pars]]

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[participō]]

+ * [[en|participate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}