numero Latin · revision 6971

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=la numerus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnʊ.mɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnuː.me.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''numerō''' (present infinitive numerāre, perfect active numerāvī, supine numerātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[numerus]] “number” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of paying money, and Cato, of counting.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to count, add up, as Cicero's counting Pompey's wars, victories and triumphs, and ''senātum numerāre'' was to count the senators for a quorum.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to say numerals in order, as in Cato, to count off, to reckon or compute, and in Livy to count years from some point.^(OLD 2012) It meant to count out money, pay, as in Plautus and Cicero, to enumerate, list, and poetically to number, possess so many, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012) From Cicero it meant to include in a category, reckon among, and to regard as having a certain status.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to number, count, reckon, enumerate.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''nombrer'' and Romanian ''număra'', and [[en|numerate]] is recorded from 1721.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius has the word.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of paying money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of counting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of counting and of reckoning among.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1721 – English ''numerate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To count, add up, ''senātum numerāre'', to count for a [[m|en|quorum]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To count off; to reckon, compute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To possess so many.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|enumerate]], list.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To count out money, pay.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To include among, reckon as.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abnumerō]]

+ * [[adnumerō]]

+ * [[connumerō]]

+ * [[dēnumerō]]

+ * [[dīnumerō]]

+ * [[ēnumerō]]

+ * [[innumeratus]]

+ * [[numerābilis]]

+ * [[numerātiō]]

+ * [[numerātor]]

+ * [[numerātum]]

+ * [[pernumerō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[numerālis]]

+ * [[numerārius]]

+ * [[numerius]]

+ * [[numerōsē]]

+ * [[numerōsitās]]

+ * [[numerōsiter]]

+ * [[numerōsus]]

+ * [[numerus]]

+ * [[en|number]]

+ * [[en|numerate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The adverb ''numerō'', apparently the ablative of ''numerus'', meant quickly, and in Plautus too soon.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The compound ''saepenumerō'' means often.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}