compareo Latin · revision 9452

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la pāreō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpaː.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈpaː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compāreō''' (present infinitive compārēre, perfect active compāruī, supine compāritum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conpāreō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[pāreō]] “to appear, be visible”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*pās-ē-]] for ⟨pāreō⟩, perhaps from [[ine-pro|*peh₂-s-|t=to watch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be found, be seen, as in Plautus; with ''nōn'', to be missing, disappear, as in Cicero's ''Pompēius nōn compāret'' “Pompey does not show himself”; to appear, show oneself, as in Lucretius; and to be forthcoming, be realised, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to appear, be present.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''comparaître'' and Spanish ''comparecer''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of appearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be found, be visible; to [[m|en|appear]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''nōn compārēre'' To be missing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be forthcoming.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appāreō]]

+ * [[pāreō]]

+ * [[trānspāreō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}