interim Latin · revision 17893

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁enter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interim''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[inter]] “between” and [[m|la|im]], an old accusative of the pronoun [[is]] (compare [[inde]]): “between that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|inter]], which continues [[ine-pro|*h₁enter|t=between]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has ''hoc pōnam interim'', “I'll put this down for the moment”, and ''tū hīc ante aedēs interim speculāre'', “meanwhile you keep watch here before the house”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Interim'' is “meanwhile, in the meantime”, and “for the time being, for now”; with a concessive or adversative force (''cum interim'') it means “all the while”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From the elder Seneca on it also means “from time to time” and “in some cases, sometimes”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Döderlein says ''[[intereā]]'' refers to something lasting a while, ''interim'' to something momentary, “in the midst of this”.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it means “for the time being, provisionally”, and as a conjunction “until”.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|interim]] is recorded from the 1560s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''hoc pōnam interim''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''interim dum ante ōstium stō'', “meanwhile, while I stand at the door”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English [[m|en|interim]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|meanwhile]], in the meantime.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # For the time being, for the present.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # All the while, at the same time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # From time to time; sometimes.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ===Conjunction===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Until.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inter]]

+ * [[intereā]]

+ * [[inde]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}