ibi Latin · revision 17862

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *h₁i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪ.biː], [ˈɪ.bɪ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈiː.bi]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ibī̆''' ^(Wiktionary)

+ Archaic inscriptions usually spell it ''ibei''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*iþei|t=there]], from the pronominal stem [[ine-pro|*h₁i-]] of [[is]] with a locative suffix.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that the suffix may be ⟨*-bʰei⟩, like the instrumental ending ⟨*-bʰi⟩, or ⟨*-dʰei⟩ with ⟨b⟩ taken from [[ubi]]; the parallel of Sanskrit makes him prefer ⟨*-dʰei⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) The final ⟨-ī⟩ was often shortened.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)

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+ Cognate with Umbrian [[m|xum|ife|t=there]], [[sa|इह|tr=ihá|t=here]] and [[ae|idā|t=here]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus on:^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) ''ibi manēns sedētō dōnicum vidēbis mē … domum vēnisse'', “stay sitting there until you see I have come home”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ibi'' means “there, in that place”, and of time “then, there and then, thereupon”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also refers to a matter or situation, “in that, in that case”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) Its compounds include ''[[ibīdem]]'' “in the same place” and ''[[inibi]]'' “there”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was used like a dative pronoun, “to it”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of time: ''ibīque latrōnēs dicta facessunt'', “and there and then the soldiers carry out the orders”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''numquid ego ibi, pater, peccāvī?'' “did I do wrong in that, father?”^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In that place, [[m|en|there]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of time)'' [[m|en|then]], there and then, thereupon.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In that (matter or situation).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To it.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ibīdem]]

+ * [[inibi]]

+ * [[interibi]]

+ * [[postibi]]

+ * [[alibī]]

+ * [[nūllibī]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[is]]

+ * [[ubi]]

+ * [[inde]]

+ * [[eō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}