associo Latin · revision 7027

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Statius|origins=la socius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [asˈsɔ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [asˈsɔː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''associō''' (present infinitive associāre, perfect active associāvī, supine associātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[sociō]] “to unite, share”, from [[socius]] “companion”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) It is also spelled ⟨adsociō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan, and Gaffiot's earliest citation is from Statius' ''Thebaid''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Statius c. 45–96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to join to, unite with, associate a person or thing, as Claudian's horns joined to the masts and the Digest's ''adsociātī prīncipālī cūrae'' “associated in the emperor's care”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gaffiot adds Claudian's sense of subjecting.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to escort, come over, associate, work with.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|associate]] came in the mid-15th century from its participle ''associātus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The Digest has ''adsociātī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''associate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To join to, unite with, [[m|en|associate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To subject.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To escort; to work with.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sociō]]

+ * [[socius]]

+ * [[en|associate]]

+ * [[en|association]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}