capto Latin · revision 7852

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''captō''' (present infinitive captāre, perfect active captāvī, supine captātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[capiō]] “to take” with the frequentative suffix [[-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Wiktionary compares [[grc|κάπτω|tr=káptō|t=to gulp down]].^(Wiktionary) The TLL says it is found from Plautus but is lacking in Ennius, Cato, Lucretius, Caesar, Nepos and Tacitus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of grasping as in wrestling, listening and trying to capture.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to try to take hold of, grasp at, as Horace's Tantalus catching at the fleeing waters, and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Virgil it meant to try to draw in air, and in Plautus to listen, try to hear.^(OLD 2012) From Varro it meant to make for a place, in Cicero to seek shade, to look for an opportunity, aim at, and in Horace to seek out.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to aspire to, try to capture, and to try to catch out in argument, and in Cicero to hunt or fish and to entice.^(OLD 2012) In Petronius it meant to court someone for a legacy, to hunt legacies.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to seek after, desire.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Romanian ''căuta'' and Italian ''cattare'', and a Vulgar Latin ''*captiāre'' from it gave Old North French ''cachier'' and [[en|catch]] about 1200.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of legacy-hunting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''catch'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To grasp at, try to seize.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To try to draw in (air); to listen for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make for; to seek (shade).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To seek out; to watch for (an opportunity); to aim at.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To aspire to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To try to capture; to hunt.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To try to catch out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To entice; to court for a legacy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[captābilis]]

+ * [[captātiō]]

+ * [[captātor]]

+ * [[captitō]]

+ * [[disceptō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[capsa]]

+ * [[capsārius]]

+ * [[capsella]]

+ * [[capsula]]

+ * [[capsus]]

+ * [[capta]]

+ * [[captātōrius]]

+ * [[captātrīx]]

+ * [[captensula]]

+ * [[captīvus]]

+ * [[en|catch]]

+ * [[en|capture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}