agripeta Latin · revision 9909

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la ager, la petō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈɡrɪ.pɛ.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈɡriː.pe.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agripeta''' ''m'' (genitive agripetae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[ager]] “field” and [[petō]] “to seek”, with the agent suffix ⟨-a⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨petō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pet-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*pt-(e)i-|t=to fly]], by a shift from “fly towards” to “make for, try to get”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It occurs only in Cicero, in the ''De natura deorum'' and the letters to Atticus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who goes in search of land, a settler, one who strives to get land, honourably or not; in Cicero's letters it is a holder of an allotment in the distribution of land to veterans.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who seeks land, a [[m|en|settler]]; an allotment holder.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[petō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}