mancipo Latin · revision 9603

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la manus, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmaŋ.kɪ.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈman̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mancipō''' (present infinitive mancipāre, perfect active mancipāvī, supine mancipātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''mancupō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[manceps]] “purchaser, contractor” with the verb suffix [[-ō]]; ⟨manceps⟩ is from [[manus]] “hand” and [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus' ''Curculio'', of selling.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to transfer property by ''mancipium'', the formal act of sale, to alienate, sell, as in Plautus; and figuratively to make over, surrender, give up, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to deliver up, give title to, transfer.^(Stelten 1995) English borrowed it as ''mancipate''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it figuratively.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To transfer by formal sale, alienate, sell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make over, [[m|en|surrender]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēmancipō]]

+ * [[mancipātiō]]

+ * [[mancipatus]]

+ * [[remancipō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manceps]]

+ * [[mancipium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}