incedo Latin · revision 18037

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incēdō''' (present infinitive incēdere, perfect active incessī, supine incessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the shortened perfect ''incestī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|in-|cēdō|t2=to go, give way]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan follows Lubotsky in tracing [[m|la|cēdō]] to [[itc-pro|*kesd-e/o-|t=to go away]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱyesdʰ-|t=to drive away; to withdraw]], cognate with [[sa|सेधति|tr=sedhati|t=drives away]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''Megadōrus … eccum incēdit ā forō'', “here comes Megadorus from the forum”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Incēdere'' is “to come on the scene, step up” (Plautus), and above all “to walk, step”, especially slowly or with dignity (Virgil: Juno, ''quae dīvum incēdō rēgīna'', “I who walk as queen of the gods”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Of soldiers it is “to march, advance” (Sallust), of a coastline “to extend”, and with ''in'' “to enter”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of events and feelings it is “to arise, come over” someone (Caesar: ''magnus incesserat timor sagittārum'', “great fear of the arrows had set in”), though most such examples could also belong to ''incessō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to go, walk, enter, go about, approach”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''eccum incēdit ā forō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar: ''magnus incesserat timor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''dīvum incēdō rēgīna''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come on, step up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To walk, step, [[m|en|stride]] (especially with dignity).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(military)'' To [[m|en|march]], advance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To extend; to enter.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To arise; to come over (someone), befall.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incessō]]

+ * [[incessus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēdō]]

+ * [[accēdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}