mox Latin · revision 17898

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *moks}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɔks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*moks]], [[inh|ine-pro|*moḱs|t=soon]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan leaves open whether the PIE word was a locative plural in ⟨*-su⟩ or a u-stem, and calls the root uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sga|mos-|t=soon]], [[wlm|moch|t=soon]], [[sa|मक्षू|tr=makṣū́|t=quickly]] and [[ae|mošu|t=soon]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus;^(de Vaan 2008) in the prologue of the ''Menaechmi'' the speaker warns ''nē mox errētis'', “so that you do not go wrong soon”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler cites it first from Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Mox'' is “soon, presently”, of the near future;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''quam mox?'' asks “how soon?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of the past it means “a little later, afterwards”, and in lists “next”, in place or in rank.^(OLD 2012) The jurists use ''mox quam'' for “as soon as”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it means “at once”, and as a conjunction (''mox ut'' or ''mox'' alone) “as soon as”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nē mox errētis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''mox ego hūc revertor'', “I'll be back here soon”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it for “afterwards, next”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it for the next item in a list.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|soon]], presently;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''quam mox?'', how soon?^(OLD 2012)

+ # Afterwards, later, then.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Next (in a series, in place or rank).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''mox quam'', ''mox ut'', as soon as.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' At once, directly.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}