occludo Latin · revision 9585

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kleh₂w-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔkˈkɫuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [okˈkluː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''occlūdō''' (present infinitive occlūdere, perfect active occlūsī, supine occlūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''obclūdō'', and Plautus has ''occlūstī'' for ''occlūsistī'', and the Theodosian Code has ''occlaudō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] and [[claudō]] “to shut”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨claudō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*kleh₂u-d-|t=to shut]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to shut up, close, lock, of doors and buildings, as in Plautus and Cicero's closed tavern; and to shut someone in, shut the door on someone, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ [[en|occlude]] (1590s, “to shut up, stop up”) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''occlude'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shut up, close, lock.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To shut in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[claudō]]

+ * [[inclūdō]]

+ * [[exclūdō]]

+ * [[en|occlude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}