partus Latin · revision 9580

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *perh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpar.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpar.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''partus''' ''m'' (genitive partūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Pacuvius has the genitive ''partī'', Varro ''partuis''; the dative and ablative plural is ''partubus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pariō]] “to give birth, produce” with the action-noun suffix [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pariō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*pérh₃-i-|t=to provide]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of giving birth.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC as his first source.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the act of giving birth, childbirth, as in Plautus, and concretely offspring, progeny, the young, as in Afranius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for childbirth, also of the Virgin's giving birth to Christ, and of animals and plants.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''parto'' and French ''part'', and English ''postpartum'' is formed from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|childbirth|alt=Childbirth]], delivery.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|offspring|alt=Offspring]], young.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[partualis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pariō]]

+ * [[parēns]]

+ * [[parturiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}