suffrago
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin suffrāgō.
Noun edit
suffrago
- (zoology) The joint between the tibia and tarsus, such as the hock of a horse's hind leg or the heel of a bird.
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Verb edit
suffrago
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
This verb, its deponent version suffrāgor (“to vote for, support, favor”), and the related noun suffrāgium (“voting tablet, ballot, vote”) come from the prefix sub- (“under”) combined with an uncertain root.
One proposal derives them from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”), the root of frangō (“to break”).[1] The semantic development might be along the same lines as in the related noun fragor (“crash, din, uproar”), with the sense "break, shatter, clash" shifting to "make clashing noises, make an uproar (in support of a candidate)" to "lend support, vote for someone".
Another proposal derives it from the same source as the noun suffrāgō (see below) and may have originally meant an ankle bone or knuckle bone.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sufˈfraː.ɡoː/, [s̠ʊfˈfräːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sufˈfra.ɡo/, [sufˈfräːɡo]
Verb edit
suffrāgō (present infinitive suffrāgāre, perfect active suffrāgāvī, supine suffrāgātum); first conjugation
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: sufragar
- Galician: sufragar
- Italian: suffragare
- Portuguese: sufragar
- Spanish: sufragar
Etymology 2 edit
From sub- + *frāgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin braca (“trousers”).
Noun edit
suffrāgō f (genitive suffrāginis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
Genitive | suffrāginis | suffrāginum |
Dative | suffrāginī | suffrāginibus |
Accusative | suffrāginem | suffrāginēs |
Ablative | suffrāgine | suffrāginibus |
Vocative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
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References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “suffrāgium”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 597-598
Further reading edit
- “suffrago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suffrago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.