ignosco Latin · revision 9271

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la nōscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈnoːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɲˈɲɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignōscō''' (present infinitive ignōscere, perfect active ignōvī, supine ignōtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Cato has the future participle ''ignōtūrus'' and Calpurnius Piso ''ignōscitūrus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] and ⟨gnōscō⟩, the old form of [[nōscō]] “to get to know”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Wiktionary takes the prefix as “after” and traces the sense from “to realise afterwards” to “acknowledge” and “forgive”.^(Wiktionary) The TLL reports Wackernagel's comparison with [[sa|अनुज्ञा|tr=anu-jñā|t=to assent]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, “to forgive”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to forgive someone an offence, with the accusative of the offence and the dative of the person, as in Plautus, and in a weaker sense to make allowances, indulge, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''ignoscere''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|forgive]], pardon.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make allowances.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignoscentia]]

+ * [[ignoscibilis]]

+ * [[ignōtitia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōscō]]

+ * [[cognōscō]]

+ * [[ignōtus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}