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identidem

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.dẽː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [iˈdɛn.ti.dem][1]

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]

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