impedimentum Latin · revision 30647

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪm.pɛ.diːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [im.pe.diˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impedīmentum''' ''n'' (genitive impedīmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inpedīmentum'', Paulus' epitome of Festus has an archaic ''impelīmenta''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|impediō|-mentum|t1=to hinder, entangle]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) [[m|la|impediō]] is [[m|la|in-]] with the stem of [[m|la|pēs|t=foot]]; de Vaan takes the sense of ⟨-pedīre⟩ from ⟨-pedēs⟩ “fetters” (as in [[m|la|compedēs]]), so “to shackle the feet”,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline) and traces [[m|la|pēs]] to [[ine-pro|*pṓds|t=foot]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Cicero says that Demosthenes overcame the obstacles of nature by diligence and hard work.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Impedīmentum'' is a hindrance or obstacle, abstract (Cicero) or physical (Sisenna: they clear every obstacle from the roads).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the plural ''impedīmenta'' is the baggage of an army or a traveller (Cicero: Clodius on horseback, with no carriage and no baggage).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In canon law it is an impediment, a fact that stands in the way of an act such as a marriage.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|impediment]] (c. 1400) comes from it, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the ''impedīmenta nātūrae'' of Demosthenes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: Clodius ''nūllīs impedīmentīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English [[m|en|impediment]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hindrance, [[m|en|obstacle]], [[m|en|impediment]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A physical obstruction.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' [[m|en|baggage]], luggage (of an army or traveller).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(canon law)'' An impediment (to marriage or another act).^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[impediō]]

+ * [[pēs]]

+ * [[expediō]]

+ * [[en|impediment]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}