corporo Latin · revision 9262

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la corpus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔr.pɔ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔr.po.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corporō''' (present infinitive corporāre, perfect active corporāvī, supine corporātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[corpus]] “body” with the verb suffix ⟨-ō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, “to strike dead”, that is, to make into a corpse.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Ennius it meant to kill.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant to form into a body, give a body to, and in Apuleius to form a corporate society.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its participle ''corporātus'' gave [[en|corporate]] in the early 15th century, “united in one body, constituted as a legal corporation”.^(Etymonline) Its compound ''incorporō'' gave [[en|incorporate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of killing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of forming a body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To strike dead.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To form into a body.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To form (a corporation).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accorporō]]

+ * [[concorporō]]

+ * [[corporasco]]

+ * [[corporātiō]]

+ * [[corporatiuus]]

+ * [[corporātūra]]

+ * [[incorporō]]

+ * [[recorporo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corpus]]

+ * [[en|corporate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}