adopto Latin · revision 7833

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈdɔp.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdɔp.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adoptō''' (present infinitive adoptāre, perfect active adoptāvī, supine adoptātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] “to” and [[optō]] “to choose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) The TLL notes that it was in use from Plautus through all Latin.^(TLL) An inscription has ⟨atoptetur⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of choosing someone as an ally, as his ''sociam tē mihi adoptō'' “I choose you as my partner”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to take to oneself in some role, choose as an ally or protector, as Cicero's defender of one's rights.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Terence it meant to adopt legally, usually as a son, in Horace jokingly as a father or sister, and in Ovid of grafting.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it meant to bring into a position by adoption, and in Pliny the Elder reflexively to join.^(OLD 2012) In Seneca it meant to take over, assume, in Vitruvius a name, and in Pliny the Elder to name a thing after oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to choose, select, adopt.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into French ''adopter'' and Spanish ''adoptar'', and [[en|adopt]] came about 1500, “to make one's own by selection”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of legal adoption.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of assuming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''adopt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To choose (as an ally or protector).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|adopt]] (as a son); to graft.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring in by adoption; to join.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take over, assume; to assume (a name).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To name after oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adoptaticius]]

+ * [[adoptātiō]]

+ * [[adoptator]]

+ * [[adoptatus]]

+ * [[adoptiō]]

+ * [[adoptīvus]]

+ * [[redadoptō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[optō]]

+ * [[en|adopt]]

+ * [[en|adoption]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}