dimoveo Latin · revision 9708

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīmoveō''' (present infinitive dīmovēre, perfect active dīmōvī, supine dīmōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has ''dism-''; it is often confused with ''dēmoveō'' in manuscripts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|moveō|t1=apart|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 citation is from Lucretius, of parting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to part, cleave, as in Virgil's ''terram arātrō dīmovēre'' “to part the earth with the plough”; to displace, remove, as in Horace; and in Celsus to move about, exercise.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not frequent before the Augustan age.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Italian ''dismuovere'' and Old French ''desmovoir'' are semi-learned borrowings from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of ploughing.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of removing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To part, [[m|en|cleave]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To displace, remove.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To move about, [[m|en|exercise]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīmōtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admoveō]]

+ * [[āmoveō]]

+ * [[commoveō]]

+ * [[dēmoveō]]

+ * [[ēmoveō]]

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[mūtō]]

+ * [[permoveō]]

+ * [[praemoveō]]

+ * [[prōmoveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}