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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la putō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.pʊ.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.pu.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''reputō''' (present infinitive reputāre, perfect active reputāvī, supine reputātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “again, back” and [[putō]] “to reckon, think”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of thinking something over.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to think over, reflect on, consider, as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant to reckon up, calculate, as the eclipses of the sun, and in Tacitus and Pliny the Elder to count up times and years.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the jurists it meant to take into account, allow for expenses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to esteem, repute, account, reckon.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''réputer'' and Italian ''reputare'', and [[en|repute]] came in the late 14th century, “to believe, deem”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) In Vulgar Latin it came to mean “to impute, blame”, whence Old French ''reter'' and [[en|rate]] “to scold”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of thinking over.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of calculating eclipses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of counting up times.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''repute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To reckon up, [[m|en|calculate]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To take into account, allow for.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To think over, reflect on, [[m|en|consider]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To esteem, [[m|en|repute]].^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[reputātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[putō]]
+ * [[en|repute]]
+ * [[en|reputation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}