honoro Latin · revision 9355

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la honōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''honōrō''' (present infinitive honōrāre, perfect active honōrāvī, supine honōrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ A deponent ''honōror'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[honōs]] (later ⟨honor⟩) “honour” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan finds no further etymology for ⟨honōs⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of honouring someone.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to confer honour on, show respect to, as in Cicero's honouring a death with public mourning, and in Suetonius to honour someone with an office.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to honour, respect, adorn.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''onorare'' and Spanish ''honrar'', and through Old French ''honorer'' it is the source of the English verb [[m|en|honor]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of honouring with office.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|honour]], show respect to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To honour with an office.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To adorn.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exhonōrō]]

+ * [[inhonōrō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[honōs]]

+ * [[honestus]]

+ * [[en|honor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}