pipo Latin · revision 9334

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=onomatopoeia|attested=Lucilius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpiː.poː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pīpō''' (present infinitive pīpāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an imitation of the cheeping of young birds.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*pī̆p-]] and compares imitative words in other languages: [[sa|पिप्पका|tr=píppakā-|t=a kind of bird]], [[grc|πιππίζω|tr=pippízō|t=to peep]], [[lt|piẽpti|t=to peep]] and [[de|piepen]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucilius.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was used of birds chirping and cheeping, as in Varro's list of animal cries, ''gallīna pīpat'' “the hen clucks”, and of a hawk; and figuratively of people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Thesaurus notes that the verbs in ⟨pip-⟩ (''pīpiō'', ''pīpilō'', ''pīpitō'') vary freely, like other onomatopoeic words.^(TLL)

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+ Etymonline traces [[en|pipe]] to Vulgar Latin ''*pīpa'' “pipe”, a back-formation from ''pīpāre'' “to chirp”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a hen.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # (of birds) To [[m|en|chirp]], [[m|en|cheep]], [[m|en|peep]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of people) To squeak, whine.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pīpātiō]]

+ * [[pīpātus]]

+ * [[pīpiō]]

+ * [[pīpitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|pipe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}