interimo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛ.rɪ.moː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛː.ri.mo]^[1]

Forms

interimō (present infinitive interimere, perfect active interēmī, supine interēmptum); third conjugation^[1] Also interemō; supine interēmptum or interēmtum.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is from inter- and emō “to take”, “to take away from among”.^[2][1][4] De Vaan traces ⟨emō⟩ to Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take”).^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus.^[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant to cut off from life, kill, as in Plautus and Virgil, and to put an end to, destroy, abolish a state or practice, as in Plautus.^[2][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to kill, slay, destroy, annihilate.^[7]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[2][6]
• 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of killing.^[4][6]

Meanings

Verb

1. To kill, slay.^[2]
2. To destroy, abolish.^[2]

Word family

• interemptibilis
• interemptio
• interēmptor
• interēmptrīx
• interemptus

Related words

• emō
• perimō
• adimō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson