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thesaurizo

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Latin

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Etymology

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Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō, I store, treasure up), from θησαυρός (thēsaurós, store-room, treasure, granary, strong-box), from τίθημι (títhēmi, I put, place, deposit, set, assume, settle), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to put, place), cognate with Latin faciō (I make, do), English do, etc..

Pronunciation

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Verb

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thēsaurizō (present infinitive thēsaurizāre, perfect active thēsaurizāvī, supine thēsaurizātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) to gather or lay up treasure

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • French: thésauriser
  • Italian: tesaurizzare
  • Romanian: tezauriza

References

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  • thesaurizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • thesaurizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.