interea Latin · revision 18142

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|inter|t=between, during]] and ⟨eā⟩, the feminine ablative singular of [[m|la|is|t=this, that]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) It is built like [[anteā]] and [[posteā]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(Köbler 2010) Terence has ''saepe intereā mihi senex nārrābat'', “meanwhile the old man often told me”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Intereā'' is “in the meantime, meanwhile” (Cicero: ''intereā diēs advēnit'', “meanwhile the day arrived”), and with ''cum'' “while all the time”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary and Church Latin also give “nevertheless, anyhow”.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''saepe intereā mihi senex nārrābat''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''intereā diēs advēnit''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|meanwhile]], in the meantime.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|nevertheless]], anyhow.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interim]]

+ * [[anteā]]

+ * [[posteā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}