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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la parō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.pa.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.pa.ro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''reparō''' (present infinitive reparāre, perfect active reparāvī, supine reparātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] and [[parō]] “to prepare, provide”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of renewing, and Cicero uses it of recovering what is lost.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Lewis and Short say it is not frequent until after Augustus, and not in Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to recover something lost, make good, restore, as in Cicero, and in Horace to obtain in exchange.^(OLD 2012) It meant to recreate, renew, as in Lucretius, to repair, rebuild, and in Ovid to revive strength.^(OLD 2012) From Livy it meant to renew an activity, as ''bellum reparāre'' “to prepare war again” and ''exercitum reparāre'' “to restore an army”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to restore, repair, and ''annō reparātae salūtis'' “in the year of redemption”.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''reparer'' and directly from Latin it gave [[en|repair]] in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of renewing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of recovering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of rebuilding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''repair'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To recover, make good, restore.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To obtain in exchange.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To renew; to [[m|en|repair]], rebuild; to revive.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To renew an activity.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[reparābilis]]
+ * [[reparātiō]]
+ * [[reparātor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[parō]]
+ * [[en|repair]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}