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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la varius}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwa.ri.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvaː.ri.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''variō''' (present infinitive variāre, perfect active variāvī, supine variātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[varius]] “various, variegated” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Lucretius, of varying colours and of altering things, and Varro, of diversifying speech.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to mark with contrasting colours, variegate, as Lucretius' atoms that ''variant colōrēs'', and of ripening fruit to change colour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to give variety to speech, as Cicero's ''vōcem variāre'' “to vary the voice”, to alter, vary, transform.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Livy it meant of authorities to give divergent accounts, of opinions or votes to be divided, and of circumstances to fluctuate.^(OLD 2012) In Virgil it meant to waver, change one's mind, and to alternate.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''varius'' is what has differences within itself, ''dīversus'' what differs from something else.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to change, alter, vary.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|vary]] came in the late 14th century through Old French ''variier''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of varying colours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of diversifying speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of divergent accounts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''vary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|variegate]]; to change colour.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To diversify.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To alter, [[m|en|vary]]; to transform.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To differ, be divided; to give divergent accounts.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fluctuate; to waver.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To alternate.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[convariō]]
+ * [[variābilis]]
+ * [[variātim]]
+ * [[variātiō]]
+ * [[variātus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[variānus]]
+ * [[variē]]
+ * [[variegō]]
+ * [[varietās]]
+ * [[varius]]
+ * [[en|vary]]
+ * [[en|variation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}