nitesco Latin · revision 10137

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la niteō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nɪˈteːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [niˈtɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nitēscō''' (present infinitive nitēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the inchoative of [[niteō]] “to shine”, with [[m|la|-scō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨niteō⟩ from a participle ⟨*nitos⟩ “made bright”, but finds no Indo-European root that fits.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero's ''Aratea''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to become bright, begin to shine or glitter, as in Cicero and Virgil, and of animals and plants to take on a healthy sheen, grow sleek, as in Pliny, and Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to begin to shine.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To begin to [[m|en|shine]], grow bright.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To grow sleek.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēnitēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[niteō]]

+ * [[nitidus]]

+ * [[nitor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}