Why’s adimō’s prefix ad-, not ab-?
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All pages refer to Oxford Latin Dictionary 2012 2nd edition (OLD). Page 48 breaks down adimō as ‘[AD- + EMŌ]”, and defines adimō as follow
1 To remove (something) by physical force (from a person), take away; (spec.) to remove (a part of the body), e.g. by castration.
Why isn’t the prefix ab-, when ab- means from? “The prefix ab- is used here to mark absence or deprivation.”
Why’s the prefix ad-, when ad- DOESN'T mean ‘from’? Page 39 defined ad- as follows
ad- is usually combined with vbs. or vbl. derivatives and adds one or more of the senses of the preposition, e.g. motion to or against (adeo, aggredior) or to oneself (accipio), direction towards (advert), placing on or against (acclino, alligo), reaching (aduenio, att ingo), nearness or presence (adsum, alluo), attention, response, etc. (admiror, adnuo), adjustment (adapto, assuesco), inception (adedo, aduro), intensification (adamo, also the advs. apprime, affabre).
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