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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la agō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtrãː.sɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtran.si.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''trānsigō''' (present infinitive trānsigere, perfect active trānsēgī, supine trānsāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[trāns-]] “through” and [[agō]] “to drive, do”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Varro perhaps has ⟨trās-⟩.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of carrying an activity through and of settling business.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Caecilius it meant to pierce through, and in Seneca and Silius to thrust a weapon through.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Plautus it meant to carry through to the end, to act a play through, and to settle a business or dispute, come to terms, and in Tacitus to have done with.^(OLD 2012) In Quintilian it meant in law to settle by compromise.^(OLD 2012) In Tacitus it meant to spend time, and in Nepos to complete a period.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to get along, transact, accomplish, spend time, pierce.^(Stelten 1995) Its noun ''trānsāctiō'' gave [[en|transaction]] in the mid-15th century, first a settlement by mutual concession, and [[en|transact]] came in the 1580s.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of settling business.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it of piercing through.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of spending time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''transaction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To pierce through; to thrust through.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To carry through; to finish.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To settle; to come to terms; to have done with.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To compromise.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To spend (time).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[trānsāctiō]]
+ * [[transactor]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[agō]]
+ * [[en|transact]]
+ * [[en|transaction]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}