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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la ligō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈal.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈal.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''alligō''' (present infinitive alligāre, perfect active alligāvī, supine alligātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''adligō''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[ligō]] “to bind”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of binding by an oath, and Cato, of bandaging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to tie or fasten one thing to another, as in Varro, to tie up, as in Columella, and to bandage, as in Cato, who also used it for assigning to a purpose.^(OLD 2012) Cicero has ''ad statuam alligāre'' “to tie to a statue” and used it for chaining, for attaching someone by ties of affection, and for involving someone in the operation of a law.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius used it for bonding together, and Terence for pinning someone down.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''allegare'' and Romanian ''alega''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''alier'' it gave [[en|ally]] in the late 13th century, and through ''aloiier'' it gave [[en|alloy]].^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of binding by oath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of bandaging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of chaining and of ties of affection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 13th century – English ''ally'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|tie]], bind, fasten.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bandage.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bond together.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To chain, fetter.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To attach (by kinship or affection).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To bind (by oath); to make liable.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[adalligō]]
+ * [[alligamentum]]
+ * [[alligātiō]]
+ * [[alligātor]]
+ * [[alligatura]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[circumligō]]
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[dēligō]]
+ * [[ligō]]
+ * [[obligō]]
+ * [[praeligō]]
+ * [[religō]]
+ * [[subligō]]
+ * [[en|ally]]
+ * [[en|alloy]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}