amoveo Latin · revision 9662

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mewh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːˈmɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈmɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āmoveō''' (present infinitive āmovēre, perfect active āmōvī, supine āmōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ab-|moveō|t1=away from|t2=to move]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨moveō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*mow(a)-]], from [[ine-pro|*mi̯ewh₁-|t=to move]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of getting rid of a person and keeping one's mind away from something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make a person go away, remove, and reflexively to withdraw, as in Plautus and Cicero; in Tacitus to banish, and in Cicero and Quintilian to remove from office; to take things away, especially illegally, as in Cicero and the jurists; to keep the mind or a feeling away from something; and to dispel fear or remove suspicion, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to put aside, remove, turn away.^(Stelten 1995) English ''amove'' and Spanish and Portuguese ''amover'' are borrowed from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of dispelling fear.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send away, get rid of, [[m|en|remove]], (reflexive) to withdraw.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|banish]]; to remove from office.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take away (things), especially illegally.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep (the mind, a feeling) away from.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dispel, allay (fear, suspicion).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[āmōtiō]]

+ * [[āmōtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admoveō]]

+ * [[commoveō]]

+ * [[dēmoveō]]

+ * [[dīmoveō]]

+ * [[ēmoveō]]

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[mūtō]]

+ * [[permoveō]]

+ * [[praemoveō]]

+ * [[prōmoveō]]

+ * [[en|amove]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}