nicto Latin · revision 10138

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kneygʷʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɪk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnik.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nictō''' (present infinitive nictāre, perfect active nictāvī, supine nictātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also deponent ''nictor'', and a third-conjugation form.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Proto-Italic ⟨*kniktos⟩, which de Vaan takes as the participle of ⟨*kneiɣʷē-⟩, from [[ine-pro|*kneygʷʰ-]], with [[m|la|-ō]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls it cognate with [[cōnīveō]] “to close the eyes” and compares [[got|𐌷𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽|tr=hneiwan|t=to bow]] and [[goh|hnīgan|t=to bow]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of winking, and Caecilius has it of fidgeting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to signal with the eyes, wink, as in Plautus; to open and shut the eyes, blink, as in Pliny; and apparently to move the limbs to and fro, fidget, as in Caecilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of winking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it of fidgeting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|blink]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|wink]], signal with the eyes.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fidget.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nictātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nictus]]

+ * [[cōnīveō]]

+ * [[en|nictitate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Gaffiot records from Festus a different ''nictō'', ''nictere'' “to yelp”, of dogs.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}