出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/07/24 03:41 UTC 版)
Uncertain, though possibly sound-symbolically motivated in formation. An alternative theory taking the word as a dissimilation of an unattested *prōrāre < *prō ōrāre, i.e. from prō (“for, in front of”) + ōrō (“to orate, plead”), appears strange and unlikely. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow”).
At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").