coalesco Latin · revision 7854

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la alēscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ko.aˈɫeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coalēscō''' (present infinitive coalēscere, perfect active coaluī, supine coalitum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[alēscō]] “to grow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) Varro and Lucretius have contracted forms such as ⟨colēscere⟩ and ⟨coluērunt⟩, and the participle ⟨coalitus⟩ is found only from Tacitus on.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD cites Varro's contracted ''colēscat'' and Lucretius for growing together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC and Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to grow or be joined together, coalesce, as Lucretius' stones bound by mere lime, and in Columella of a wound to close.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Apuleius it meant to be formed by coalescence.^(OLD 2012) From Sallust it meant to unite, become one people, to take root and grow strong, and of abstract things to become settled, established.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to grow together, unite.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|coalesce]] came in the 1540s, and Late Latin ''coalitus'' “fellowship” gave French ''coalition'' and [[en|coalition]] in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses the form ''colēscat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of stones joined by lime.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of peoples uniting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''coalesce'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To grow together, [[m|en|coalesce]]; of a wound, to close.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be formed by coalescence.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To unite.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take root; to grow strong.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To become established.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coalitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alēscō]]

+ * [[alō]]

+ * [[en|coalesce]]

+ * [[en|coalition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}