claudico Latin · revision 9933

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la claudus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɫau̯.dɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈklaːu̯.di.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''claudicō''' (present infinitive claudicāre, perfect active claudicāvī, supine claudicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Cicero has the spelling ''clōdicō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|claudus|-icō|t1=lame]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan calls the origin of ⟨claudus⟩ uncertain: many connect it with [[clāvis]] “bar” and [[clāva]] “club”, as “one who goes with a staff”, but the formation is doubtful.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Varro, of limping and of being defective.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be lame, limp, as in Cicero's ''graviter claudicāre'' “to limp badly”; in Lucretius to lean to one side; figuratively to be halting or defective, as in Varro and Cicero; and in Columella to fall short in amount.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to limp, be lame.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of leaning to one side.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of falling short.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|limp]], be lame.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To lean to one side.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|falter]], be defective.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fall short.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[claudicātiō]]

+ * [[inclaudicō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[claudus]]

+ * [[en|claudication]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}