confingo Latin · revision 10042

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Terence|origins=ine-pro *dʰeyǵʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈfiŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnfingō''' (present infinitive cōnfingere, perfect active cōnfīnxī, supine cōnfictum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|fingō|t2=to form, mould]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fingō⟩ to Proto-Italic ⟨*finge/o-⟩ “to knead, form”, [[ine-pro|*dʰi-n-ǵʰ-]], from the root ⟨*dʰeyǵʰ-⟩ also in Oscan ⟨feíhúss⟩ “walls”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Terence, of fabricating.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to form by shaping, build, as of nests in Pliny; to form a word by composition, as in Varro; to train, mould a person; and in Terence to invent, fabricate a lie or accusation, devise a deception, with ''fronte cōnfictā'' “with a feigned face”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is mostly figurative in classical use.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to invent, devise.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of fabricating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of forming a word.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of building nests.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To form, [[m|en|fashion]], build.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|invent]], [[m|en|fabricate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnfictiō]]

+ * [[confictō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fingō]]

+ * [[fictus]]

+ * [[figūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}