praefoco Latin · revision 9993

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ovid|origins=la faucēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praefōcō''' (present infinitive praefōcāre, perfect active praefōcāvī, supine praefōcātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|prae-]] and the stem ⟨fōc-⟩ of [[faucēs]] “throat”, with [[m|la|-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Ovid's ''Ībis'', ''animae viam praefōcāre'' “to block the windpipe”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to choke, strangle, suffocate, to block the windpipe, and in the passive to choke, and Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-classical for [[suffōcō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to choke, strangle, drown, suffocate.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|choke]], [[m|en|suffocate]], strangle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praefocabilis]]

+ * [[praefōcātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faucēs]]

+ * [[offōcō]]

+ * [[suffōcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}