suffrago
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin suffrāgō.
Noun
editsuffrago
- (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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editVerb
editsuffrago
Latin
editEtymology 1
editThis 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 Latin) IPA(key): /sufˈfraː.ɡoː/, [s̠ʊfˈfräːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sufˈfra.ɡo/, [sufˈfräːɡo]
Verb
editsuffrāgō (present infinitive suffrāgāre, perfect active suffrāgāvī, supine suffrāgātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: sufragar
- Galician: sufragar
- Italian: suffragare
- Portuguese: sufragar
- Spanish: sufragar
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editsuffrāgō f (genitive suffrāginis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
Genitive | suffrāginis | suffrāginum |
Dative | suffrāginī | suffrāginibus |
Accusative | suffrāginem | suffrāginēs |
Ablative | suffrāgine | suffrāginibus |
Vocative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
Descendants
editReferences
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.
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