praesento Latin · revision 6913

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pacuvius|origins=la praesēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈsɛn.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈs̬ɛn.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praesentō''' (present infinitive praesentāre, perfect active praesentāvī, supine praesentātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[praesēns]] “present” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The TLL notes that [[repraesentō]] is attested much earlier, from Cicero.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite a perfect infinitive ''praesentāsse'' from Pacuvius, whom Köbler dates 220–130 BC.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place before, exhibit, show, present to the mind or senses, and Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny uses it of a stone that looks like strips of beef, and Apuleius of presenting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL finds it in Quintilian, Apuleius and the Old Latin Bible, and says Augustine uses it much more often than ''repraesentāre'', as do later poets.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to present, show.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''presentare'', French ''présenter'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''presentar'', and [[en|present]] “to bring into someone's presence” came about 1300 through Old French.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius has the perfect infinitive.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of resembling.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it often.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''present'' (verb) is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To exhibit, show, [[m|en|present]] to the mind or senses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To resemble, look like.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praesentālis]]

+ * [[repraesentō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praesēns]]

+ * [[en|present]]

+ * [[en|presentation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}