informo Latin · revision 7747

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈfoːr.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱˈfɔr.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfōrmō''' (present infinitive īnfōrmāre, perfect active īnfōrmāvī, supine īnfōrmātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “in, on” and [[fōrmō]] “to form”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Varro, of shaping and of sketching in words.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to give shape to, fashion, form, as Virgil's shield and Columella's threshing floor, mostly in poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Varro it meant to sketch, outline in words, and in Cicero to form an idea of, imagine, and to mould a person or mind by instruction.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to fashion, form, mould, represent, shape, train.^(Stelten 1995) Glossaries explain it as ''īnstruat, doceat'' “let him instruct, teach”.^(TLL) It survives in Italian ''informare'' and French ''informer'', and [[en|inform]] came in the early 14th century, “to train or instruct”, ''īnfōrmātiō'' gave [[en|information]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of shaping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of fashioning a shield.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''inform'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shape, fashion, form.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To outline, sketch in words.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To form an idea of, imagine.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To mould by instruction; to [[m|en|inform]], instruct.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnfōrmātiō]]

+ * [[informator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrmō]]

+ * [[īnfōrmis]]

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|inform]]

+ * [[en|information]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}