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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la petō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔm.pɛ.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔm.pe.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''competō''' (present infinitive competere, perfect active competīvī or competiī, supine competītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[petō]] “to seek, make for”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of roads meeting, ''ubi viae competunt''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Lewis and Short say it became common from the Augustan period, was very rare before, and is not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to come together, meet, as Varro's crossroads, of events to coincide, occur, as in Columella, and of debts to fall due.^(OLD 2012) It meant to accord with, be suitable, to suffice, and of persons in Sallust to be competent.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny it meant to apply, be relevant, in Gaius to belong to, and in Quintilian to be admissible in law and to compete for an office.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to be capable of, be fit for, agree with, meet.^(Stelten 1995) Late Latin ''competere'' “to strive together” gave [[en|compete]] in the 1610s, through French or directly.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of roads meeting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of competence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of coinciding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1610s – English ''compete'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To meet; to coincide; to fall due.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be suitable; to suffice; to be [[m|en|competent]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To apply; to belong to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To be admissible.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be a candidate with others, [[m|en|compete]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[competentia]]
+ * [[competītiō]]
+ * [[competītor]]
+ * [[competītrīx]]
+ * [[incompetēns]]
+ * [[competēns]]
+ * [[competenter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[compitum]]
+ * [[petō]]
+ * [[en|compete]]
+ * [[en|competition]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}