aufero Latin · revision 8119

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈau̯.fɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaːu̯.fe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''auferō''' (present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum); third conjugation, suppletive^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''abstulī'' (''apstulī'') and the participle ''ablātus'', and Plautus has the passive infinitive ''auferrier''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the prefix [[au-]] “away” and [[ferō]] “to carry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Whether ⟨au-⟩ is the same as [[ab-]] is much disputed; the TLL compares [[sa|अवभरति|tr=avabharati|t=takes down]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of carrying away.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to carry or fetch away, as in Plautus, and in Ennius to remove.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it meant to carry off something, to come away with a gain, and to steal; in the imperative ''aufer'' it meant “stop, drop it”.^(OLD 2012) In Accius it meant to remove from sight and to carry off by death, and Cato and Cicero used it of taking away rights and abstract things.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it also meant to carry someone away, to mislead, and in Lucretius to subtract.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take away, remove.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''ablātus'' gave ''ablātīvus'', the case of removal, whence [[en|ablative]] in the late 14th century, and [[en|ablate]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of carrying off by death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''ablative'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry away; to [[m|en|remove]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To carry off; to obtain, win.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To steal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take away (a right, a benefit).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To kill; to destroy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # In the imperative, to stop.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To mislead.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|subtract]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ablātiō]]

+ * [[ablātīvus]]

+ * [[ablātor]]

+ * [[ablātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adferō]]

+ * [[afferō]]

+ * [[circumferō]]

+ * [[cōnferō]]

+ * [[dēferō]]

+ * [[differō]]

+ * [[efferō]]

+ * [[ferō]]

+ * [[īnferō]]

+ * [[intrōferō]]

+ * [[en|ablative]]

+ * [[en|ablate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}