roto Latin · revision 8498

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ovid|origins=la rota}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɔ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɔː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rotō''' (present infinitive rotāre, perfect active rotāvī, supine rotātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[rota]] “wheel”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Ovid, of spinning and whirling.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make something round spin, rotate, and to whirl round, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012) In Seneca it meant to roll onward, and in Petronius to shape like a wheel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to revolve, turn, roll, whirl.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''rotare'' and ''ruotare'', and Spanish and Portuguese ''rodar''.^(Wiktionary) Its noun ''rotātiō'' gave [[en|rotation]] in the 1550s, and [[en|rotate]] was formed from it in 1794.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of spinning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of rolling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''rotation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To spin, [[m|en|rotate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To whirl round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To roll onward.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To shape like a wheel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arrotans]]

+ * [[circumrotō]]

+ * [[irroto]]

+ * [[rotabilis]]

+ * [[rotatilis]]

+ * [[rotatim]]

+ * [[rotātiō]]

+ * [[rotātor]]

+ * [[rotātus]]

+ * [[subrotātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rota]]

+ * [[rotundus]]

+ * [[en|rotation]]

+ * [[en|rotate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}