obligo Latin · revision 8360

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la ligō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔb.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔb.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obligō''' (present infinitive obligāre, perfect active obligāvī, supine obligātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] and [[ligō]] “to bind”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan notes that the simple ⟨ligāre⟩ is not attested before Catullus, while the compounds are older, and traces the root to ⟨*liǵ-⟩ “to tie”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to tie up, secure, as in Plautus, and in Pliny the Elder to bandage.^(OLD 2012) In Varro it meant to pledge property as security, in Ovid to put under a moral obligation by a service, and in Cicero to make legally liable, to bind by an oath, and to involve in guilt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Through Old French ''obligier'' it gave [[en|oblige]] about 1300, “to bind by oath, put under obligation”, and its participle gave [[en|obligate]] in the 1540s; its noun ''obligātiō'' gave [[en|obligation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of pledging property.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 1300 – English ''oblige'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To tie up, [[m|en|bind]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bandage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pledge, mortgage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put under an obligation, [[m|en|oblige]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make legally liable; to bind by oath.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To involve in guilt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obligamentum]]

+ * [[obligātiō]]

+ * [[obligātōrius]]

+ * [[perobligō]]

+ * [[obligātūra]]

+ * [[obligātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ligō]]

+ * [[en|oblige]]

+ * [[en|obligation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}