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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *gʰh₁b-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛˈrɪ.be.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [peˈriː.be.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''perhibeō''' (present infinitive perhibēre, perfect active perhibuī, supine perhibitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|per-|habeō|t2=to have, hold]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) 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==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus and Ennius, of representing something as being of a kind, and Cato, of giving.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to present, bestow, afford, as in Cato and Cicero, who uses it of putting someone forward as an agent; to represent in words or thoughts, regard, repute, as in Plautus and Ennius, and especially ''perhibent'' “they say”; and to ascribe, attribute, as in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to report, bear witness, propose, produce, attribute, bestow.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of repute.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of giving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of ascribing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To present, [[m|en|bestow]], afford, give.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To represent, regard, [[m|en|repute]], ''perhibent'', they say.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|ascribe]], attribute.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To bear [[m|en|witness]].^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[perhibitus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abhibeō]]
+ * [[adhibeō]]
+ * [[antehabeō]]
+ * [[cohibeō]]
+ * [[diribeō]]
+ * [[exhibeō]]
+ * [[habeō]]
+ * [[inhibeō]]
+ * [[posthabeō]]
+ * [[praehibeō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}