polluceo Latin · revision 6736

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔlˈluː.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [polˈluː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pollūceō''' (present infinitive pollūcēre, perfect active pollūxī, supine pollūctum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Nussbaum analyses it as a causative [[itc-pro|*por-loik-eie-|t=to make available, offer]], from [[por-]] and the stem of [[licet]] “it is allowed”, so that it first meant to make something available to someone.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds the traditional link with [[lūceō]] “to shine”, still given by the OLD, semantically unconvincing.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The spelling [[m|la|poloucta]] in an inscription from Sora of about 150 BC is taken as hypercorrect or a deliberate archaism.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius, who has the perfect ''pollūxī''.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In religious language it meant to offer as a sacrifice, place on the altar, as Cato's offering of wine to Jupiter of the feast.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From this it meant to serve up a meal, as Plautus' house where nothing is served, and Plautus' girl who says she is not an offering for the village.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses the perfect ''pollūxī''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of serving up food.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of an offering to Jupiter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To offer as a [[m|en|sacrifice]], offer up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|serve]] up (a meal).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pollūcibilis]]

+ * [[polluctūra]]

+ * [[polluctus]]

+ * [[pollūctē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[licet]]

+ * [[polliceor]]

+ * [[porriciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}