arguo
Latin
Etymology
Often taken to be a denominative verb 'to make bright, enlighten' to Proto-Italic *argu- (“bright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus (“white”), from *h₂erǵ-. Thus cognate with Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros) and Hittite [script needed] (ḫarki-, “bright, white”). If so, compare English declare (literally “to make clear”) for the sense development.
Duchesne-Guillemin, Laroche and Melchert reject the above etymology and instead compare arguo with the semantically better-fitting Hittite [script needed] (arkuwā(i)-, “state one's case, make a plea”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.oː/, [ˈärɡuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.o/, [ˈärɡuo]
Verb
arguō (present infinitive arguere, perfect active arguī, supine argūtum); third conjugation
- (to make clear to the senses): I clarify, assert, declare, prove, show
- I reprove, accuse, charge with.
- I blame, censure.
- I denounce as false.
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References
- “arguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arguo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arguo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erǵ-
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs with suffixless perfect