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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈpɫoː.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈplɔː.ro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēplōrō''' (present infinitive dēplōrāre, perfect active dēplōrāvī, supine dēplōrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[plōrō]] “to wail”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of lamenting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to lament, complain of, deplore, and to mourn a dead person, as in Cicero, and in Livy to despair of, give up for lost.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to deplore, grieve over.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''deplorare'' and French ''déplorer'', and through French it gave [[en|deplore]] in the 1550s, first meaning “to give up as hopeless”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of lamenting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of despairing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1550s – English ''deplore'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To lament, [[m|en|deplore]]; to mourn.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To despair of.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēplōrābundus]]
+ * [[dēplōrātiō]]
+ * [[indēplōrātus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[plōrō]]
+ * [[en|deplore]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}