depleo Latin · revision 8537

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *pleh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.pɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.ple.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēpleō''' (present infinitive dēplēre, perfect active dēplēvī, supine dēplētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[pleō]] “to fill”, so “to unfill, empty”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Cato, of drawing off oil.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to drain, draw off, empty out, and to let blood, as in Cato and Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it meant to relieve of something, as in “empty life of complaints”, and in an inscription apparently to subtract.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ [[en|deplete]] (1807) was formed from ''depletion'', first in medicine of blood-letting and purgatives.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of drawing off oil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1807 – English ''deplete'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To drain, [[m|en|empty]]; to let (blood).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To relieve of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To subtract.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[depletura]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pleō]]

+ * [[compleō]]

+ * [[impleō]]

+ * [[en|deplete]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}