compages Latin · revision 9929

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pacuvius|origins=ine-pro *peh₂ǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpaː.ɡeːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈpaː.d͡ʒes]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compāgēs''' ''f'' (genitive compāgis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conpāgēs'', with a by-form ''compāgō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[compingō]] “to join together”, from [[m|la|con-]] and [[pangō]] “to fix”, with [[m|la|-ēs]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pangō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pang-|t=to attach]], [[ine-pro|*ph₂-n-ǵ-|t=to attach]], and derives nouns in ⟨-pāgēs⟩ from the full grade ⟨*pāg-⟩; compare [[grc|πήγνυμι|tr=pḗgnumi|t=to fix, join]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Pacuvius, of a framework.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a structure fitted together, a framework, as in Pacuvius; a joint or seam, as in Lucretius' ''compāgēs laxāre'' “to loosen the joints”; and in Pliny the binding together, a bond.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''compāgēs corporis'' was the frame of the body.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means joint, bodily structure, framework.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of a bond.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A binding together, [[m|en|bond]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|joint]], seam.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A [[m|en|framework]], structure.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compingō]]

+ * [[pangō]]

+ * [[compāgō]]

+ * [[pāgina]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}