declaro Latin · revision 8198

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la clārus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēclārō''' (present infinitive dēclārāre, perfect active dēclārāvī, supine dēclārātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[clārō]] “to make clear”, from [[clārus]] “clear”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of making known.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make known, announce, declare, as in Cicero, and to declare someone to be something.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero things serve to show, reveal, testify to something.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to make clear, show, demonstrate, declare.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''dichiarare'', French ''déclarer'' and Spanish ''declarar'', and through Old French it gave [[en|declare]] in the mid-14th century, first meaning “to explain”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * mid-14th century – English ''declare'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make known, [[m|en|declare]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To declare (someone to be something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To show, reveal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēclārātiō]]

+ * [[dēclārātīvus]]

+ * [[dēclārātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clārus]]

+ * [[en|declare]]

+ * [[en|declaration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}