persono Latin · revision 9228

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la sonus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛr.sɔ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛr.so.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''personō''' (present infinitive personāre, perfect active personuī, supine personātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Apuleius has the perfect ''persōnāvit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[per-]] “through” and [[sonō]] “to sound”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero has ''domus cantū persōnābat'' “the house rang with singing”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make a loud, continuous noise, to resound, as in Cicero and Livy; in Virgil it meant to make a place ring, and of musicians to play loudly.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant to shout out, proclaim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Greek–Latin glossaries render ''persōnat'' with ''diacharaktērizei'' “portrays a character”.^(CGL) It was borrowed into English as ''personate'' and Spanish ''personarse''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of loud noise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|resound]], ring.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make resound.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To play loudly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To shout out, proclaim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[personātiō]]

+ * [[personātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assonō]]

+ * [[circumsonō]]

+ * [[cōnsonō]]

+ * [[dissonō]]

+ * [[exsonō]]

+ * [[īnsonō]]

+ * [[intersonō]]

+ * [[obsonō]]

+ * [[praesonō]]

+ * [[resonō]]

+ * [[sonō]]

+ * [[sonus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}