colloco Latin · revision 7835

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔl.lɔ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔl.lo.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''collocō''' (present infinitive collocāre, perfect active collocāvī, supine collocātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[locō]] “to place”, from [[locus]] “place”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) Manuscripts write both ⟨conlocō⟩ and ⟨collocō⟩.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of placing persons and things.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to put or set in a place, as in Plautus and Caesar's timber set facing the enemy, to set up in a proper position, arrange, and in Cicero to locate, establish.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to post troops, set an ambush, settle colonists, billet, and in Terence to lay down on a couch.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to put into a condition, to base on something, and to invest money.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to give a daughter in marriage, to bestow a favour, and to devote time or resources.^(OLD 2012) In Gaius it meant to transfer property and to deposit money.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to place, set, put up, station, arrange, employ.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Romanian ''culca'', Italian ''coricare'' and French ''coucher'', and Old French ''couchier'' gave [[en|couch]] about 1300; its participle gave [[en|collocate]] in the 1510s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of laying on a couch.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 1300 – English ''couch'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To place, set; to locate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set up; to arrange; to establish.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To station (troops); to set an ambush.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To settle; to billet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lay down (on a couch).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put into a condition; to base on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give in marriage; to transfer (property).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To invest; to deposit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bestow; to devote.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collocātiō]]

+ * [[recollocō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locō]]

+ * [[locus]]

+ * [[en|couch]]

+ * [[en|collocate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}