polliceor Latin · revision 8402

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔlˈlɪ.ke.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [polˈliː.t͡ʃe.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''polliceor''' (present infinitive pollicērī, perfect active pollicitus sum); second conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Varro has the active form ''pollicērēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the prefix [[por-]] “forth” and [[liceor]] “to bid at an auction”, so “to bid forth”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short compare the prefix with Greek ⟨πορτί⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of a bid at an auction and of a promise.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense was to offer, bid at an auction, then to promise, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to assure, guarantee something about the future, and in Celsus things “promise”, lead one to expect.^(OLD 2012) Ennius uses it in a passive sense, to be promised.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its frequentative ''pollicitor'' and the noun ''pollicitātiō'' “promise” belong with it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of things that promise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To offer, [[m|en|bid]] (at an auction).^(OLD 2012)

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

+ # To guarantee.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of things) To lead one to expect.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pollicitātiō]]

+ * [[pollicitātor]]

+ * [[pollicitātrix]]

+ * [[pollicitor]]

+ * [[pollicitum]]

+ * [[liceor]]

+ * [[prōmittō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}