infitior Latin · revision 10163

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈfɪ.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱˈfit.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfitior''' (present infinitive īnfitiārī, perfect active īnfitiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Sometimes written ''īnficior''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨*īnfitiae⟩ “denial”, seen in [[īnfitiās]] ⟨īre⟩ “to deny”, with [[m|la|-or]], from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and the root of [[fateor]] “to admit”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan has ⟨īnfitiās īre⟩ from Plautus among the derivatives of ⟨fateor⟩, which he traces to [[ine-pro|*bʰh₂-to-|t=spoken]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, “to deny”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to refuse to admit as true, deny, as in Plautus and Cicero; and in Cicero to disclaim knowledge of or responsibility for, disown, repudiate; poets use it with a dative for to withhold, deny to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of denying and disowning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To [[m|en|disown]], repudiate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To withhold.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[infitiae]]

+ * [[īnfitiātiō]]

+ * [[infitiātor]]

+ * [[infitiatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnfitiās]]

+ * [[fateor]]

+ * [[cōnfiteor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}