curvo Latin · revision 9199

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la curvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʊr.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkur.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''curvō''' (present infinitive curvāre, perfect active curvāvī, supine curvātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[curvus]] “bent, curved” with the verb suffix ⟨-ō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Virgil, “to bend”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make curved, bend, as in Virgil, and Statius has ''curvāre arcum'' “to bend a bow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ovid it meant to make a person stoop, bow, and figuratively to make someone yield.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is not found before the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''curvare'', French ''courber'' and Spanish ''corvar'', and with ''curvus'' it gave [[en|curve]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * early 15th century – English ''curve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bend]], [[m|en|curve]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make stoop, bow.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[curvus]]

+ * [[curvātūra]]

+ * [[en|curve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}