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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mewh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈmɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈmɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēmoveō''' (present infinitive dēmovēre, perfect active dēmōvī, supine dēmōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|dē-|moveō|t1=away|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 and Terence, of diverting someone from an opinion.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make leave a position, dislodge, remove, as in Cicero's ''dēmovērī dē locō'' and ''ex possessiōne'', and to turn one's eyes away; to divert from an opinion or state of mind, as in Plautus; and to get rid of, banish abstract things, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is often confused with [[dīmoveō]] in manuscripts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to remove, move away.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of removing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To dislodge, [[m|en|remove]]; to turn away (the eyes).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To divert, turn aside (from an opinion).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To get rid of, [[m|en|banish]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[moveō]]
+ * [[dīmoveō]]
+ * [[āmoveō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}