aditus Latin · revision 18105

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈa.dɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.di.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aditus''' ''m'' (genitive aditūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|adeō|-tus|t1=to go to, approach]], an action noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|adeō]] is made from [[m|la|eō|t=to go]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*ei-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ei-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) An early tragedy has ''nocturnō aditū occulta coluntur'', “secret rites are attended by approach at night”, and Accius has ''cuius aditum exspectāns pervīxī usque adhūc'', “waiting for his coming I have lived on until now”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Aditus'' is the act of approaching, “approach, entry”, and the right of entry, “access, admission” (Cicero: ''aditus in id sacrārium nōn est virīs'', “men have no access to that shrine”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is a way in, an opening, and concretely an entrance, passage or doorway (Cicero: ''in prīmō aditū vestibulōque templī'', “at the very entrance and forecourt of the temple”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means a person's coming or arrival, the chance of approaching someone, “access, an audience”, any “opportunity” or means, and a hostile approach, “attack”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “approach, entry, access, gate”,^(Stelten 1995) and in Medieval Latin it is “opportunity”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius: ''cuius aditum exspectāns''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''aditus in id sacrārium nōn est virīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|approach]], entry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Right of entry, [[m|en|access]], admission.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A way in, opening; an [[m|en|entrance]], passage, doorway.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Arrival, coming (of a person).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Access (to a person), an [[m|en|audience]]; an [[m|en|opportunity]], means.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # An attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aditiculus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adeō]]

+ * [[eō]]

+ * [[aditiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}