perimo Latin · revision 9229

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛ.rɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛː.ri.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perimō''' (present infinitive perimere, perfect active perēmī, supine perēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The original form ''peremō'' is quoted from Cato by Festus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*per-emō]], from [[per-]] “thoroughly” and [[emō]] “to take”, so “to take away entirely”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨emō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁em-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Festus quotes the form ''peremō'' from Cato, whom Köbler dates 234–149 BC.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to reduce to nothing, destroy, annihilate, and especially to kill, as in Cicero, and Cicero also used it of putting an end to feelings and plans.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its derivative ''perēmptor'' “destroyer” gave Late Latin ''perēmptōrius'' “destructive, decisive”, the source of [[en|peremptory]] in the mid-15th century, first a legal term.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses the form ''peremō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of destroying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''peremptory'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|destroy]], annihilate; to kill.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To put an end to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[peremptālis]]

+ * [[peremptio]]

+ * [[perēmptor]]

+ * [[peremptrix]]

+ * [[semiperemptus]]

+ * [[peremptōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[interimō]]

+ * [[en|peremptory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}