regero Latin · revision 9392

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=la gerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''regerō''' (present infinitive regerere, perfect active regessī, supine regestum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “back” and [[gerō]] “to carry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Livy, of earth thrown back from a ditch.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short note that it is frequent only after Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to carry back, restore, replace, as in Ovid; to throw back a remark, retort, as in Horace; to make evils recoil on someone, as in Seneca; and in Celsus to throw something back behind oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bring or carry back, return, retort.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle in the Late Latin plural ''regesta'' “things recorded, a list” gave Medieval Latin ''registrum'', the source of [[en|register]] (late 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of earth thrown back.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a retort.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry back, [[m|en|restore]], replace.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To throw back a remark, [[m|en|retort]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make recoil on someone.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To throw back behind oneself.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To record, ''regesta'' a list.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gerō]]

+ * [[en|register]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}