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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la mergō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈmɛr.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈmɛr.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēmergō''' (present infinitive ēmergere, perfect active ēmersī, supine ēmersum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ex-]] “out” and [[mergō]] “to dip, plunge”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Terence, of coming forth and of getting clear of a difficulty.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to come up out of the water, emerge, as in Cicero, also in the passive or reflexive, which Lewis and Short say was its rare transitive use.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to come forth from confinement, as in Terence, and of a heavenly body to rise, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it meant to get clear of a difficulty, as in Terence, to rise from obscurity, as in Lucretius, and to come to light, turn up, and to result, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Livy uses it transitively of letting water escape.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to emerge, come forth, get clear.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|emerge]] came in the 1560s from French ''émerger'' and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline) It was borrowed as Italian ''emergere'' and Spanish ''emerger''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of coming forth and of getting clear.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of rising from obscurity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of coming out of water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1560s – English ''emerge'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To come up out of water, [[m|en|emerge]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To come forth; of stars, to rise.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To get clear, extricate oneself; to rise to fame.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To come to light; to result.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To emerge from; to let water escape.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēmersus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[mergō]]
+ * [[immergō]]
+ * [[en|emerge]]
+ * [[en|emergency]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}