suggero Latin · revision 6926

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la gerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsʊɡ.ɡɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsud.d͡ʒe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suggerō''' (present infinitive suggerere, perfect active suggessī, supine suggestum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sub-]] “under, up” and [[gerō]] “to carry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also spelled ⟨subgerō⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of supplying.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense was to put under, as Virgil's flame put under a cauldron, then to pile up, build high.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) It meant to append in a list, as in Livy, and to supply whenever needed, of materials and in Cicero of words and ideas, and ''lūdum suggerere'' was apparently to fall in with someone's wishes.^(OLD 2012) From Quintilian it meant to suggest as possible, and in Ulpian to hint at an answer or put a point forward.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to add, bring to mind, suggest, advise.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|suggest]] came in the 1520s from its participle ''suggestus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of supplying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of supplying words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of piling up and of putting under.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''suggest'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put under.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To pile up; to build high.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To append, add.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To supply, furnish; to supply words or ideas.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|suggest]]; to hint at.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put forward for consideration.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suggestiō]]

+ * [[suggestum]]

+ * [[suggestus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gerō]]

+ * [[en|suggest]]

+ * [[en|suggestion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}