circumligo Latin · revision 9811

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪrˈkʊm.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃirˈkum.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circumligō''' (present infinitive circumligāre, perfect active circumligāvī, supine circumligātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circum-|ligō|t1=around|t2=to tie]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨ligō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*-lig-ā-]], probably from [[ine-pro|*liǵ-|t=to tie]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of binding round.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to bind round, surround, encircle, as in Cato and Cicero; to attach by an encircling cord, as in Virgil, where Metabus ties his daughter to the middle of his spear (''nātam mediae circumligat hastae''), and Pliny; and to wrap round, put on a bandage, as in Celsus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bind up or around.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of tying to a spear.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of bandages.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bind round, [[m|en|encircle]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attach, fasten with an encircling cord.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To wrap round, put on (a [[m|en|bandage]]).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ligō]]

+ * [[dēligō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}