concipio Latin · revision 7538

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔŋˈkɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concipiō''' (present infinitive concipere, perfect active concēpī, supine conceptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together, wholly” and [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Wiktionary takes it as a calque of [[grc|συλλαμβάνω|tr=sullambánō|t=to take together, conceive]].^(Wiktionary) Inscriptions have ⟨cuncaptum⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of grasping with the senses and conceiving a hope, and Cato, of containing and of solemn formulas.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to take in, absorb, contain, as Varro's nuts that a measure can hardly hold, and in Cicero ''ignem concipere'' to catch fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Lucretius it meant of women and animals to conceive, in Varro of plants to be fertilized, and figuratively to produce, form.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to catch a disease and to contract a stain, and to grasp in the mind, imagine, devise.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to form an attitude, conceive a hope.^(OLD 2012) From Cato it meant to pronounce a formula, take an oath, and in Varro to declare war or strike a treaty.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to frame in formal words.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to conceive, comprehend.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''concevoir'' and Spanish ''concebir'', and [[en|conceive]] came in the late 13th century, first of pregnancy.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Medieval Latin ''conceptum'' gave [[en|concept]] in the 1550s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of conceiving a hope.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of grasping in the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''conceive'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take in, [[m|en|absorb]]; to catch fire; to contain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To derive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|conceive]] (in the womb); to germinate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To produce, form.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To perceive; to pronounce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To catch (a disease); to contract (a stain).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To imagine; to devise.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To undertake; to form (a hope).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pronounce (a formula); to declare (war).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To frame in formal words.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conceptāculum]]

+ * [[conceptiō]]

+ * [[conceptīuus]]

+ * [[concepto]]

+ * [[conceptum]]

+ * [[conceptus]]

+ * [[concipilō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[en|conceive]]

+ * [[en|concept]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}