extrico Latin · revision 10191

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''extrīcō''' (present infinitive extrīcāre, perfect active extrīcāvī, supine extrīcātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has a deponent ''extrīcor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[trīcae]] “trifles, hindrances”, with [[m|la|-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite the deponent in Plautus' ''Epidicus'', and the OLD's earliest citations are Varro and Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to disentangle, set free, extricate, also figuratively, as in Horace, and to clear up, solve a problem, and Varro has ''nihil extrīcāre'' “to achieve nothing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to extricate, remove, disentangle.^(Stelten 1995) English ''extricate'' (1610s) is from its participle ''extrīcātus''.^(Etymonline) It survives as Spanish ''estregar'', Italian ''strigare'' and Romanian ''strica''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the deponent.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of achieving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of freeing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''extricate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To disentangle, set free, [[m|en|extricate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To clear up, [[m|en|solve]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trīcae]]

+ * [[intrīcō]]

+ * [[en|extricate]]

+ * [[en|intricate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}