argumentor Latin · revision 9464

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *h₂erǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.ɡuːˈmɛn.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.ɡuˈmɛn.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''argūmentor''' (present infinitive argūmentārī, perfect active argūmentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[argūmentum]] “proof, argument” with the verb suffix [[-ō]]; ⟨argūmentum⟩ is from [[arguō]] “to make clear, prove”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨arguō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-u-|t=white]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of reasoning.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to adduce arguments, reason, argue, as in Cicero's ''quid ego argūmentor?''; with an accusative, to adduce something as an argument, as in Cicero, or to prove by argument, as in Seneca; the perfect participle was also used passively, “proved”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''argomentare'' and Spanish ''argumentar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|argue]], reason.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To adduce as an argument; to prove by argument.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[argūmentātiō]]

+ * [[argumentator]]

+ * [[argumentatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[argūmentābilis]]

+ * [[argūmentālis]]

+ * [[argūmentāliter]]

+ * [[argūmentōsus]]

+ * [[argūmentum]]

+ * [[arguō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}