redimo Latin · revision 9434

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''redimō''' (present infinitive redimere, perfect active redēmī, supine redēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[red-]] “back” and [[emō]] “to take, buy”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨emō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*eme/o-|t=to take]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁em-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of buying back.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to buy back what had been sold, as in Plautus and Cicero; to buy up; to make good, pay for, fulfil a promise, as in Sallust; to contract for, as in Cato; to ransom a person; to buy out of trouble; to buy what could not otherwise be had; and to buy off.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant to redeem, set free, deliver.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|redeem]] (early 15th century, “buy back, ransom”, and “deliver from sin”) came through Old French ''redimer'' and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of contracting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of making good.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''redeem'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To buy back, repurchase; to buy up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make good; to fulfil (a promise).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To contract for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|ransom]]; to buy off.^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[redēmptiō]]

+ * [[redemptō]]

+ * [[redēmptor]]

+ * [[redēmptrīx]]

+ * [[redemptūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[en|redeem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}