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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɔr]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''for''' (present infinitive fārī or fārier, perfect active fātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ A defective verb; the forms in use are ''fātur'', ''fantur'', future ''fābor'', ''fābitur'', imperative ''fāre'', the perfect participle ''fātus'' and the infinitive ''fārī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*fā-|t=to speak]], [[inh|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|t=to speak]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Latin, or already Proto-Italic, generalised the full grade of the root.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary notes that it is unclear why the verb is deponent.^(Wiktionary) Cognates include [[xum|fato|t=said]], [[osc|faamat|t=calls]] and [[grc|φημί|tr=phēmí|t=I say]], and the OLD also compares [[ang|bōian|t=to boast]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to speak, talk, as in Virgil's ''tālia fātur'' “he speaks thus”; to say, tell; and with an accusative to tell of, reveal, as in Propertius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short add the poetic infinitive ''fārier'' in Virgil and the gerund ''fandō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ The same root gave [[fātum]] “prophecy, destiny”, from Plautus on, and [[fāma]] “report, reputation”, from Naevius on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of telling of.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|speak]], talk.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To say, tell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with accusative)'' To tell of, [[m|en|reveal]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[affor]]

+ * [[bifarius]]

+ * [[fācundus]]

+ * [[fāmen]]

+ * [[fātor]]

+ * [[fātus]]

+ * [[īnfandus]]

+ * [[interfor]]

+ * [[nefandus]]

+ * [[nefans]]

+ * [[praefor]]

+ * [[profor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fās]]

+ * [[fateor]]

+ * [[fatuus]]

+ * [[fātum]]

+ * [[fāma]]

+ * [[fābula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}