perlego Latin · revision 8312

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛr.ɫɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛr.le.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perlegō''' (present infinitive perlegere, perfect active perlēgī, supine perlēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''pellegō'', as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[per-]] “through” and [[legō]] “to read”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨legō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to collect]], cognate with [[grc|λέγω|tr=légō|t=to gather; to say]], and Wiktionary compares Paelignian ⟨pelegie⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to read over, read through, aloud or to oneself, as in Plautus, and in Virgil to run one's eyes over, survey, and Ovid uses it the same way.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its noun ''perlēctiō'' “a reading through” belongs with it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of surveying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To scan, [[m|en|survey]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perlectiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[allegō]]

+ * [[colligō]]

+ * [[dīligō]]

+ * [[ēligō]]

+ * [[intellegō]]

+ * [[legō]]

+ * [[neglegō]]

+ * [[praelegō]]

+ * [[relegō]]

+ * [[sēligō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}