grundio Latin · revision 6718

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡrʊn.di.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɡrun.di.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''grundiō''' (present infinitive grundīre, perfect active grundīvī or grundiī, supine grundītum); fourth conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ The later form is ''grunniō''.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably onomatopoeic, from a sound *g(h)ru(n)-, with the suffix -īre of other verbs of sound such as [[hinniō]] “to neigh”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) It may or may not be related to similar words in Greek and Germanic, such as [[grc|γρύζω|tr=grúzō|t=to grunt]] and [[ang|grunnian|t=to grunt]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Caecilius, whose wretched man grunted with a bloody mouth.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Caecilius 230/220–168 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to grunt, especially of pigs, and of persons.^(OLD 2012) The later form is [[grunniō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The TLL thinks ⟨-nd-⟩ is the older spelling, and the Appendix Probi still prescribes ''grundio'', not ''grunnio'', a sign that /nd/ was becoming /nn/ in speech.^(TLL)^(Appendix Probi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it of a man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 106–43 BC – Laberius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|grunt]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēgrunniō]]

+ * [[grundītus]]

+ * [[suggrunnio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[grunniō]]

+ * [[garriō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}