constituo Latin · revision 8450

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la stō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈstɪ.tu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈstiː.tu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnstituō''' (present infinitive cōnstituere, perfect active cōnstituī, supine cōnstitūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[statuō]] “to set up”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it meant to arrange by agreement, appoint a time or place.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to set up, erect, to station troops, to put the state on a firm footing, to make someone something, to bring about a state of affairs, to decree, fix a price, to appoint, to start legal proceedings, to set out a case, and to resolve on a course of action.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius it meant to make up, form, of component parts.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''dēstināre'' is forming a resolution in the mind, ''dēcernere'' and ''statuere'' as a political act.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to set, determine, make, appoint, constitute, establish.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian ''costituire'' and French ''constituer'', and its participle ''cōnstitūtus'' gave [[en|constitute]] in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of forming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * mid-15th century – English ''constitute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set up, erect; to station.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make up, form, [[m|en|constitute]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To establish; to make (someone something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To decree, fix; to appoint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To institute (proceedings).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set out (a case); to establish by argument.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To resolve; to arrange, agree on.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnstitūtiō]]

+ * [[constitūtor]]

+ * [[cōnstitūtum]]

+ * [[cōnstitūtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnstitūtiōnārius]]

+ * [[cōnstitūtōrius]]

+ * [[statuō]]

+ * [[en|constitute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}