laudo Latin · revision 7740

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la laus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫau̯.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlaːu̯.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laudō''' (present infinitive laudāre, perfect active laudāvī, supine laudātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[laus]] “praise” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) A deponent ⟨laudor⟩ is also found.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, who says all mortals wish to be praised.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to praise, extol, commend, approve, as in Ennius and Cicero, with various constructions, and in Cato to commend as something.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Plautus ''laudō'' was a colloquial “excellent, well done”, and he also uses it of calling upon, naming.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to deliver a funeral eulogy, and in Pliny the Elder of remedies to be recommended.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to praise, glorify, commend.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''lodare'', French ''louer'' and Portuguese ''louvar'', and Old French ''lauder'' gave [[en|laud]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its compound ''allaudāre'' lies behind [[en|allow]] in its first sense “to praise”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of praising.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''laudō'' as an exclamation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a funeral eulogy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|praise]], commend, approve.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''laudō'', excellent, well done.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To deliver a funeral [[m|en|eulogy]] of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of remedies, to be recommended.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To name, call upon.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[allaudō]]

+ * [[collaudō]]

+ * [[dīlaudō]]

+ * [[ēlaudō]]

+ * [[illaudandus]]

+ * [[illaudātus]]

+ * [[laudābilis]]

+ * [[laudātiō]]

+ * [[laudātīuus]]

+ * [[laudātor]]

+ * [[laudātrīx]]

+ * [[laudābilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laus]]

+ * [[en|laud]]

+ * [[en|laudable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}