peregre Latin · revision 7271

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Naevius|origins=la per, la ager}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛ.rɛ.ɡreː], [ˈpɛ.rɛ.ɡrɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛː.re.ɡre]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peregrē̆''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Proto-Italic *pereagro “beyond the surrounding land”, by surface analysis [[per]] and [[ager]] “field, territory”.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL says it is unclear whether ⟨peregre⟩ or ⟨peregrī⟩, perhaps an old locative, is the older form.^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Naevius, of being abroad.^(OLD 2012) Köbler also starts with Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant abroad, of destination, to foreign parts, as in Plautus, of position, in foreign parts, as Cicero, Horace and Livy, and of origin, from abroad, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant abroad, in a strange land.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of going on pilgrimage.^(Niermeyer 1976) Its derivative ''peregrīnus'' “foreign” is the source of [[en|peregrine]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of being abroad.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of going and coming from abroad.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Abroad: to, in, or from foreign parts.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' On a [[m|en|pilgrimage]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pereger]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[peregrīnus]]

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[en|peregrine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}