identidem

Forms

identidem (adverb)^[2][1]

Etymology

The OLD derives it from ⟨idem et idem⟩ “the same and the same”, as Priscian already did, from īdem (“the same”) and et (“and”); the Thesaurus notes that the formation is not clear.^[2][3][1] Lewis & Short give an older analysis with ⟨ti⟩ “still” and ⟨dem⟩ “day”.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Plautus.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It means repeatedly, again and again, continually, or at intervals.^[2][4] Church Latin glosses it “repeatedly, again and again”.^[6]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^[5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero.^[4][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. Repeatedly, again and again, continually; at intervals.^[2][4][1]

Related words

• īdem

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson