repeto Latin · revision 7466

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la petō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.pɛ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.pe.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repetō''' (present infinitive repetere, perfect active repetīvī or repetiī, supine repetītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “again, back” and [[petō]] “to make for, attack, seek”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of seeking to get something back and of demanding repayment.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to try to recover, get back, as in Plautus, and in Cicero to demand back, reclaim at law, and to bring proceedings for extortion, ''pecūniās repetere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Varro ''rēs repetere'' was the formal demand to a foreign power for restitution.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it meant to attack again, as of a king struck again and again with the spear, and in Virgil to make for again, return to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Cicero it meant to resume an activity, to repeat words or actions, to recall to memory, and to trace back in research.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it meant to demand a retrial.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to repeat, demand back, recommence, attack again, renew.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|repeat]] came in the late 14th century, through Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of recovering and of demanding repayment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of repeating and of claims for extortion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of returning to a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of attacking again.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To return to; to make one's way back.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attack again.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To resume; to [[m|en|repeat]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To seek to recover; to seek in return.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To recall to memory.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To trace back.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To demand back; to claim at law, ''pecūniās repetere'', to sue for [[m|en|extortion]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To demand a retrial of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[repetentia]]

+ * [[repetītiō]]

+ * [[repetītor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[petō]]

+ * [[en|repeat]]

+ * [[en|repetition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}