consumo Latin · revision 7295

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la sūmō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsuː.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsuː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsūmō''' (present infinitive cōnsūmere, perfect active cōnsūmpsī or cōnsūmsī, supine cōnsūmptum or cōnsūmtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[sūmō]] “to take”, so “to take wholly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius has ⟨cōnsūmpse⟩ and Propertius ⟨cōnsūmpstī⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of eating.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to destroy, wear away, as in Lucretius, to kill, as in Cicero, and to reduce to nothing, of things immaterial to put an end to, as in Caesar, and in Gaius' law to extinguish a right.^(OLD 2012) It meant to wear down, exhaust, and in Cato to eat, devour, and to swallow up.^(OLD 2012) From Lucilius it meant to spend labour, money or time, as Cicero's ''pecūniam cōnsūmere'', to use up a supply, and to waste.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to take up the whole extent of, and poetically to anticipate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ [[en|consume]] came in the late 14th century through Old French, first “to destroy by burning or eating”.^(Etymonline) It was borrowed as French ''consumer'' and Spanish ''consumir''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of eating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of spending labour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of destroying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''consume'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To destroy, wear away; to kill.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put an end to, ''(law)'' to extinguish.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To exhaust.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To eat, [[m|en|consume]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To spend; to use up; to waste.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take up the whole of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsūmptiō]]

+ * [[cōnsūmptor]]

+ * [[consumptrix]]

+ * [[incōnsummātus]]

+ * [[incōnsūmptus]]

+ * [[praeconsūmō]]

+ * [[cōnsūmptibilis]]

+ * [[cōnsūmptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[absūmō]]

+ * [[assūmō]]

+ * [[dēsūmō]]

+ * [[insūmō]]

+ * [[praesūmō]]

+ * [[resūmō]]

+ * [[sūmō]]

+ * [[transūmō]]

+ * [[en|consume]]

+ * [[en|consumption]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}