dilato Latin · revision 9488

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈɫaː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈlaː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīlātō''' (present infinitive dīlātāre, perfect active dīlātāvī, supine dīlātātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD, Gaffiot and Etymonline derive it from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[lātus]] “wide” with the verb suffix [[-ō]], and Lewis & Short and the Thesaurus take it as a frequentative of [[differō]], participle ⟨dīlātus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make wider, expand, spread, dilate, as in Cicero's ''stomachī partēs dīlātantur'', and figuratively to swell with self-importance; to extend non-physical things over a wider area; and to express more fully, dilate upon, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to extend, enlarge, open wide.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|dilate]] (late 14th century) first meant “to speak at length”; the sense “to expand” is from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To widen, expand, [[m|en|dilate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To extend, spread.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dilate upon, amplify.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīlātātiō]]

+ * [[dilatator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lātus]]

+ * [[differō]]

+ * [[en|dilate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}