transformo Latin · revision 9374

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la trāns, la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [trãːfˈfoːr.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [transˈfɔr.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trānsfōrmō''' (present infinitive trānsfōrmāre, perfect active trānsfōrmāvī, supine trānsfōrmātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[trāns-]] “across” and [[fōrmō]] “to shape”, from [[fōrma]] “form”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Virgil's ''Georgics'', of Proteus changing his shape.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to change in form or shape, transform, metamorphose, as Proteus does in Virgil, and to produce by transforming, as in Ovid, and Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to change in shape, transform.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|transform]] (late 14th century, first of supernatural change) came through Old French ''transformer'', and Church Latin ''trānsfōrmātiō'' gave [[en|transformation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''transform'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To change in shape, [[m|en|transform]], [[m|en|metamorphose]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To produce by transforming.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trānsfōrmātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrmō]]

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|transform]]

+ * [[en|transformation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}