genero Latin · revision 7030

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la genus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɡɛ.nɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''generō''' (present infinitive generāre, perfect active generāvī, supine generātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[genus]] “birth, descent, kind” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Etymonline traces ⟨genus⟩ to [[ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to give birth, beget]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of begetting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to beget, father, and in the passive participle to be descended from, as Cicero's ''generātus Herculis stirpe'' “sprung from the stock of Hercules”, and in Varro of both parents to produce offspring.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant to bring into being, create, as his “god created and furnished man”, of places to produce, and in Virgil to produce substances from the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant to engender emotions, and to originate by intellectual effort.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''creāre'' is to call into being by one's own power, ''gignere'' by procreation or birth, and ''generāre'' agrees with ''gignere'' only in procreation.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to beget, produce, create.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|generate]] came about 1500 from its participle ''generātus'', or as a back-formation from [[en|generation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of begetting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of both parents.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of creating.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''generate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|beget]], father, ''(passive)'' to be descended from.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To produce offspring.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring into being, create, produce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To produce from the body.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To engender emotions; to originate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aggenerō]]

+ * [[congenerō]]

+ * [[dēgenerō]]

+ * [[generābilis]]

+ * [[generāmen]]

+ * [[generascō]]

+ * [[generātim]]

+ * [[generātiō]]

+ * [[generātor]]

+ * [[generātrīx]]

+ * [[ingenerō]]

+ * [[prōgenerō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[gignō]]

+ * [[creō]]

+ * [[en|generate]]

+ * [[en|generation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}