intueor Latin · revision 18008

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la tueor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtu.e.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtuː.e.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intueor''' (present infinitive intuērī, perfect active intuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Terence also have third-conjugation forms, ''intuor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Lucretius splits it in tmesis, ''inque tuērī'', and Ennius has an archaic ''indo tuētur''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|in-|tueor|t1=on, at|t2=to look at, watch over]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs [[m|la|tueor]] as [[itc-pro|*-tow-ē-|t=to protect]], and tentatively [[ine-pro|*touh₂-eie-]], cognate with [[sa|तवीति|tr=tavīti|t=is strong]]; the old participle is [[m|la|tūtus|t=safe]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''mē intuētur gemēns'', “he looks at me, groaning”, and ''nūllam … illīc cornīcem intuor'', “I see no crow there”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Intuērī'' is “to fix one's gaze on, look at, watch” (Terence: ''quisnam hic adulēscēns est quī intuētur nōs?'', “who is this young man staring at us?”), and with ''animō'' to see with the mind's eye.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is to examine, inspect (Cicero of the Assyrians observing the sky), to look to someone for guidance, and to witness, see.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is “to face, look towards” (Pliny the Elder of the heliotrope following the sun).^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is “to consider, contemplate” and “to have regard to, bear in mind”, and also “to look at with admiration”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to consider, look at, gaze upon, behold”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|intuit]] comes from its participle stem in 1776, first as “to tutor”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''mē intuētur gemēns''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''quī intuētur nōs?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of observing the sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1776 – English [[m|en|intuit]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To look at, gaze at, [[m|en|watch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To examine, [[m|en|inspect]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To look to (for guidance or help).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To see, witness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To face, look towards (of things).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To consider, [[m|en|contemplate]]; to bear in mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To look at with admiration, [[m|en|admire]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intuitiō]]

+ * [[intuitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circumtueor]]

+ * [[contueor]]

+ * [[obtueor]]

+ * [[tueor]]

+ * [[en|intuition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}