aestimo
Latin
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Etymology
From Old Latin aestumāre, whose origin is uncertain. Usually explained as aes (“copper, bronze”) + *temos (“cut”), so “one who cuts copper”, meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. The second element is then from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).
However, De Vaan finds this improbable and instead proposes a connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to seek”), found in aerusco (“to beg”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.ti.moː/, [ˈäe̯s̠t̪ɪmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ti.mo/, [ˈɛst̪imo]
Verb
aestimō (present infinitive aestimāre, perfect active aestimāvī, supine aestimātum); first conjugation
- I determine the value of something; value, price, rate, appraise, assess; estimate, reckon, consider, judge.
- I estimate the moral value of something; hold, weigh, value.
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References
- “aestimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aestimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aestimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua re
- to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua re
- ^ 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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