reformo Latin · revision 9393

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ovid|origins=la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''refōrmō''' (present infinitive refōrmāre, perfect active refōrmāvī, supine refōrmātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and the OLD cite Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', of restoring a shape.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is not found before Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to restore to a former shape or condition, and to form a new shape, as in Ovid; to alter, transform, as in Seneca; and to restore, re-establish, as in Valerius Maximus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to renew, reform, remake.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|reform]] (late 14th century, “restore to a better form”) came through Old French ''reformer'' and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of transforming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To alter, [[m|en|transform]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To form anew; to restore to a former shape, [[m|en|restore]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To renew, [[m|en|reform]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[refōrmātiō]]

+ * [[refōrmātor]]

+ * [[refōrmātus]]

+ * [[reformabilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrmō]]

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|reform]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}