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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [amˈpɫɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [amˈplɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''amplector''' (present infinitive amplectī, perfect active amplexus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also ''amplectō'', and Livius Andronicus has the participle ''amploctēns''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ambi-]] “around” and [[plectō]] “to plait, twine”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livius Andronicus, of clasping in entreaty.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates him 280/260 to before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to embrace lovingly, as in Plautus, and in Livius Andronicus to clasp in entreaty or for protection.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it meant to grasp firmly and to seize eagerly an opportunity, and in Cicero to cling to, to welcome, to take up a pursuit, and to include or treat comprehensively.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius a serpent coils round, in Pliny the Elder it meant to grasp with the mind, and in Caesar to enclose within an outline.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''amplectī'' is embracing, often with one arm, as a sign of calm affection, ''complectī'' clasping with both arms.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to embrace, encircle, hold fast, include, understand, love, welcome.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of clasping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of embracing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of welcoming and including.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|embrace]]; to clasp.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To grasp; to seize eagerly.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To cling to; to welcome.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To take up (a pursuit).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To comprehend.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To coil round; to enclose; to include.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[plectō]]
+ * [[complector]]
+ * [[amplexus]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[complector]].^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}