compromitto Latin · revision 9207

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comprōmittō''' (present infinitive comprōmittere, perfect active comprōmīsī, supine comprōmissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The ''Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus'' (186 BC) has the old form ''conprōmēsise''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[prōmittō]] “to promise”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest record is the ''Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus'' of 186 BC, with the form ''conprōmēsise''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a legal term: to enter into a mutual agreement to submit a dispute to an arbitrator and abide by the decision.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ulpian it meant to agree to pay a sum in submitting to arbitration.^(OLD 2012) Its participle ''comprōmissum'' was the agreement itself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''compromettere'' and Spanish ''comprometer''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''compromis'' its participle gave [[en|compromise]] in the early 15th century, “a joint promise to abide by an arbiter's decision”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 186 BC – The ''Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus'' uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of payment in arbitration.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(law)'' To agree to submit to arbitration.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To agree to pay (in arbitration).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comprōmissum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōmittō]]

+ * [[en|compromise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}