percipio Latin · revision 7735

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''percipiō''' (present infinitive percipere, perfect active percēpī, supine perceptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[per-]] “through, thoroughly” and [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) An old tragic poet has the pluperfect ⟨percēpset⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of perceiving and of feelings seizing someone, and Pacuvius, of reaping a reward.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it meant to gather a crop, harvest, and in Pacuvius to acquire, earn, reap.^(OLD 2012) In Ovid it meant to catch in flight, and in Vitruvius to absorb.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to perceive, notice, and in Accius to grasp with the mind, understand.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius of natural forces, and in Plautus and Terence of feelings, it meant to seize, grip, as Terence's ''odium mē percipit'' “disgust seizes me”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take, partake, receive, perceive, learn, ''auribus percipere'' to listen.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''percevoir'' and Spanish ''percibir'', and Old North French gave [[en|perceive]] about 1300, ''perceptiō'' gave [[en|perception]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of reaping a reward.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''perceive'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To gather, [[m|en|harvest]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To acquire, earn, reap.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To catch; to absorb.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|perceive]], notice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To grasp mentally, understand.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of forces or feelings, to seize.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[imperceptus]]

+ * [[perceptibilis]]

+ * [[perceptiō]]

+ * [[perceptor]]

+ * [[perceptum]]

+ * [[percipibilis]]

+ * [[perceptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accipiō]]

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[captō]]

+ * [[concipiō]]

+ * [[dēcipiō]]

+ * [[excipiō]]

+ * [[incipiō]]

+ * [[intercipiō]]

+ * [[praecipiō]]

+ * [[recipiō]]

+ * [[en|perceive]]

+ * [[en|perception]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}