inter Latin · revision 17748

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *h₁entér}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inter''' (+ accusative)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*n̥ter|t=between]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁entér|t=between]], an adverb of place derived from [[m|ine-pro|*h₁en|t=in]] (see [[in]]).^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The related adjective in ⟨*-tero-⟩ survives in [[intrā]], [[intrō]] and [[interior]], and the superlative [[intimus]] is inherited too.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[osc|anter|t=between]] and Umbrian [[m|xum|anter-]], [[sga|eter|t=between]], [[sa|अन्तर्|tr=antár|t=between, within]] and [[sq|ndër|t=between, among]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus on.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Inter'' means “between, among, amid”, of place and of a group (''inter paucōs'' “as few others”), with verbs of dividing “among”, and of time “during, in the course of”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With ''sē'' it expresses a mutual relation, “with one another”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) As an adverb it is rare and poetic, “in between”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Niermeyer records the medieval sense “including, in all”.^(Niermeyer 1976) As the prefix ''inter-'' it adds the senses of the preposition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''ubi videt avēnam lolium crēscere inter trīticum'', “weeds growing among the wheat”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius: ''inter tonitra et turbinēs'', amid thunder and whirlwinds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # ''(with accusative)'' [[m|en|between]], [[m|en|among]], amid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # In the number of, among.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Among, between (with verbs of dividing).^(OLD 2012)

+ # During, in the course of (a time).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''inter sē'', with or to each other, mutually.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Including, in all.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(poetic)'' In between.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inter-]]

+ * [[interior]]

+ * [[intimus]]

+ * [[intrā]]

+ * [[intrō]]

+ * [[interim]]

+ * [[intereā]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[internus]]

+ * [[in]]

+ * [[intestīnus]]

+ * [[en|enter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}