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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *Hyeh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈjɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈjɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''coniectō''' (present infinitive coniectāre, perfect active coniectāvī, supine coniectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Suetonius has the spelling ''coiect-''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the frequentative of [[coniciō]] “to throw together; to conclude”, with [[m|la|-tō]], from [[m|la|con-]] and [[iaciō]] “to throw”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨iaciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]], from [[ine-pro|*(H)ih₁-k-|t=to throw, let go]], cognate with [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation for inferring is Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Lewis & Short call it ante-classical and then not found again until Livy in its physical sense, to throw or bring together, as in a decree of Tiberius Gracchus quoted by Gellius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero and later it meant to infer, conclude, conjecture, guess, and to interpret, as of dreams and omens.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ It survives as Catalan ''congitar''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of inferring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of throwing together.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To throw, bring together.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # To [[m|en|infer]], conclude, [[m|en|conjecture]], guess.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[coniectātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cōniciō]]
+ * [[coniectānea]]
+ * [[coniectārius]]
+ * [[coniectiō]]
+ * [[coniector]]
+ * [[coniectrix]]
+ * [[coniectūra]]
+ * [[cōniectus]]
+ * [[iaciō]]
+ * [[en|conjecture]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}