praesumo Latin · revision 9614

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la sūmō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈsuː.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈs̬uː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praesūmō''' (present infinitive praesūmere, perfect active praesūmpsī, supine praesūmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Perfect ''praesūmpsī'' or ''praesūmsī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prae-]] “before” and [[sūmō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Virgil, of anticipating.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to consume beforehand, as of antidotes in Tacitus, and in Ovid; to take on oneself beforehand, as in Seneca; to enjoy or perform before the time, anticipate, as in Virgil; and to take for granted, presuppose, assume, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to presume, take for granted, take before, anticipate.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|presume]] (late 14th century, “to take upon oneself”, and “to take for granted”) came through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of assuming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take or consume beforehand.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To anticipate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take for granted, [[m|en|presume]], assume.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praesūmptiō]]

+ * [[praesumptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sūmō]]

+ * [[en|presume]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}