statim Latin · revision 17897

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *steh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsta.tĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstaː.tim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Late poets (Avienus, Alcimus) scan the first ''a'' long.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[stō]] “to stand” with the adverbial suffix [[m|la|-tim]] (the OLD analyses it as ⟨stā-⟩ + ⟨-im⟩), so first “standing firm”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|stō]], whose stative present he traces to [[ine-pro|*sth₂-eh₁-ye-|t=to stand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius speaks of men who fought the Greeks ''statim'', “standing their ground”, and Plautus of a soldier who does not give way ''quīn statim rem gerat'', “but fights on unyieldingly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense, “firmly, unyieldingly”, is only pre-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) From “on the spot” came the usual sense “immediately, at once, without delay”, already in Cato, and ''statim ut'' “the moment that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Later prose also uses it for “right from the start” (of things born so), for what lies immediately next in space, and for an automatic consequence, “necessarily” (''nōn statim'', “not necessarily”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Church Latin it is “immediately, at once”, and ''statim ac'' “as soon as”.^(Stelten 1995) Döderlein groups it with ''[[repente]]'' and ''[[subitō]]'' among words for suddenness.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''quī rem cum Achīvīs gessērunt statim''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nec recēdit locō quīn statim rem gerat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it for “at once”, of eating an offering on the spot after the rite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''statim ut Rōmam rediit'', “as soon as he returned to Rome”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(pre-classical)'' Firmly, steadily, unyieldingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|immediately]], at once, without delay.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Right from the start.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''statim ut'', ''statim ac'', the moment that, as soon as.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Immediately next (in space).^(OLD 2012)

+ # As an immediate consequence, necessarily.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[statiō]]

+ * [[status]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}