evito Latin · revision 10196

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Catullus|origins=ine-pro *weyh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēvītō''' (present infinitive ēvītāre, perfect active ēvītāvī, supine ēvītātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|vītō|t2=to avoid]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨vītō⟩ from Proto-Italic ⟨*wīto-⟩ “wanted”, [[ine-pro|*wih₁-to-|t=wished for]], and rejects the older explanation as ⟨*vi-itō⟩ “to go out of the way”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Catullus, of avoiding missiles with a cloak.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Catullus 81/79–52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to avoid, shun, escape, by physical or other means, as in Catullus and Horace, and in Cicero of avoiding a run of similar metrical feet in prose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent from the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to shun, avoid.^(Stelten 1995) French ''éviter'', Italian ''evitare'' and Spanish ''evitar'' are learned borrowings of it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|avoid]], [[m|en|shun]], escape.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vītō]]

+ * [[vītābundus]]

+ * [[inēvītābilis]]

+ * [[en|inevitable]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A different ''ēvītō'', from ''vīta'' “life”, meant to deprive of life, kill; it is quoted from Ennius by Cicero and is otherwise ante- and post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}