idcirco Latin · revision 30662

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Inscriptions also have ''itcircō'', and Apuleius ''iccircō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[m|la|id|t=that]], the neuter of [[m|la|is]], with a postposed ⟨circō⟩, a form of [[m|la|circum|t=around]], like [[m|la|quōcircā]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL compares [[de|darum]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Terence has ''idcircō huic nostrō trādita est prōvincia'', “that is why this task was given to our man”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Idcircō'' means “for that reason, on that account, therefore”, often pointing forward to a clause with ''quod'', ''quia'', ''ut'' or ''nē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) In negative or interrogative sentences with a conditional clause it means “on those grounds” (“if …, does it follow that …?”).^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short list ''[[ideō]]'' and ''[[proptereā]]'' among its synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “therefore, on that account, for that reason”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''idcircō huic nostrō trādita est prōvincia''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius writes ''iccircō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For that reason, on that account, [[m|en|therefore]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # On those grounds (after a conditional clause).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circum]]

+ * [[quōcircā]]

+ * [[ideō]]

+ * [[proptereā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}