diribeo Latin · revision 9644

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *gʰh₁b-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪˈrɪ.be.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈriː.be.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diribeō''' (present infinitive diribēre, perfect active diribuī, supine diribitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from earlier ⟨*dishibeō⟩ by rhotacism, [[af|la|dis-|habeō|t2=to have, hold]], like [[dirimō]] from ⟨dis-⟩ and ⟨emō⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨habeō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*xab-ē-|t=has taken, has]], from [[ine-pro|*gʰh₁b-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero's letters to his brother, of sorting voting tablets, and Varro's ''Rēs rūsticae''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to distribute, dispense, and specifically, as a term of public law, to sort the voting tablets taken out of the ballot box for counting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it more generally, of distributing nations and kingdoms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of votes.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To distribute, [[m|en|dispense]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(public law)'' To sort the [[m|en|vote|alt=votes]] for counting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diribitiō]]

+ * [[diribitor]]

+ * [[diribitōrium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abhibeō]]

+ * [[adhibeō]]

+ * [[antehabeō]]

+ * [[cohibeō]]

+ * [[exhibeō]]

+ * [[habeō]]

+ * [[inhibeō]]

+ * [[perhibeō]]

+ * [[posthabeō]]

+ * [[praehibeō]]

+ * [[dirimō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}