intersum Latin · revision 17955

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁es-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛr.sũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛr.sum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intersum''' (present infinitive interesse, perfect active interfuī, future active participle interfutūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund^(Wiktionary)

+ Terence and Lucilius have the subjunctive ''intersiet''.^(OLD 2012)

+ It is found in tmesis, as ''interque esse'' in Arnobius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|inter-|sum|t2=to be]], “to be between”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sum]] to [[ine-pro|*h₁es-|t=to be]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''trīduom nōn interest aetātis uter māior siet'', “there are not three days' difference in age between them”.^(OLD 2012) Cato says ''utī testēs nōn interessent'', “so that there would be no witnesses present”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Interesse'' is “to lie between” in space and “to elapse” between in time;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) “to be present” as an onlooker, “to take part in”, and “to be among, be a member of”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also means “to be different, differ” and, with the difference as subject, “to make a difference”.^(OLD 2012) The impersonal ''interest'' is “it matters, it is important”, with the genitive of the person concerned.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Döderlein contrasts ''[[adsum|alt=adesse]]'', to be near, with ''interesse'', to take part in a transaction.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “be present, attend, take part in, differ”, and impersonally “it concerns, interests”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|interest]] (mid-15th century) comes, through Old French, from the noun use of ''interest''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''trīduom nōn interest aetātis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''utī testēs nōn interessent''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''hoc pater ac dominus interest'', “this is the difference between a father and a master”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''quid cuiusque intersit'', “what is in each man's interest”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English [[m|en|interest]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie between; to elapse between.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be [[m|en|present]], [[m|en|attend]]; to take part (in).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To be among, be a member (of).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To differ, be different.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To make a difference.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(impersonal)'' It matters, it [[m|en|concerns]], it is of advantage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}