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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la portō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈpɔr.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈpɔr.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''reportō''' (present infinitive reportāre, perfect active reportāvī, supine reportātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “back” and [[portō]] “to carry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of bringing something back.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to carry back to its place, as Cicero's candelabrum taken back to Syria, and in Plautus to return carrying something, as amphoras brought home full of silver.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to carry a person back, to bring back troops, and to bring home plunder or a victory from war.^(OLD 2012) From Virgil it meant to bring back word, report, and glossaries explain it as ''refert, renūntiat''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bring back, receive.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''riportare'' and French ''rapporter'', and Old French ''report'' from it gave [[en|report]] in the late 14th century, “an account”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of bringing back.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of bringing back plunder.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of reporting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''report'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To carry back; to bring back.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bring back (a person, troops).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bring home (plunder, a victory).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|report]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[portō]]
+ * [[en|report]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}