intermaneo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɪn.tɛrˈma.ne.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.terˈmaː.ne.o]^[1]

Forms

intermaneō (present infinitive intermanēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin inter- (“between”) + maneō (“to remain”).^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨maneō⟩ to Proto-Italic *mn̥-ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-eh₁- (“to remain”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs in Lucan, mediīs agrīs intermanēre “to remain amid the fields”, and Lewis & Short call it poetic.^[4][5]

Semantic evolution

With a dative it meant to remain amid, between.^[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

1. (with dative) To remain amid, between.^[2][4]

Related words

• maneō
• ēmaneō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.