festino Latin · revision 30722

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fɛsˈtiː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fesˈtiː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''festīnō''' (present infinitive festīnāre, perfect active festīnāvī, supine festīnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from an old noun ⟨*festi-⟩ “haste”, which [[m|la|cōnfestim|t=immediately]] also presupposes; de Vaan traces it to [[itc-pro|*fristi-|t=haste]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰristi-]], cognate with [[cy|brys|t=haste; speedy]] and Middle Breton ⟨bresic⟩ “hurried”; the OLD adds Irish ⟨brass⟩ “swift”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Vine argues that the adjective [[festīnus]], though attested later, is older: an instrumental ⟨*fris-tī⟩ “with haste” gave ⟨*fristī-no-⟩, from which the verb was formed.^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis & Short compared [[grc|θείνω|tr=theínō|t=to strike]] and the ⟨-fendō⟩ of [[m|la|dēfendō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Casina'': ''omnēs festīnant intus tōtīs aedibus'', “everyone is bustling about all over the house”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Intransitively ''festīnō'' is to make haste, act hurriedly or bustle (Plautus), to go quickly (''quid illic festīnet sentiō'', “I see why he's hurrying there”), to be pressed for time (Cicero: ''festīnābam'', “I was in a hurry”) and, with an infinitive, to be eager to do something.^(OLD 2012) Of work and time it is to go swiftly forward.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to do something quickly, to hurry on: Ennius' ''fēstīvum festīnant diem'', “they hasten the festive day”, and Ovid's ''nē festīnātum faciātis iter'', “don't make the journey in haste”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Sallust has ''festīnā'', “lose no time”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “hasten, hurry”, with the saying ''festīnā lentē'', “hurry slowly”.^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of bustling and hurrying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''fēstīvum festīnant diem''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of being pressed for time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a hurried journey.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make [[m|en|haste]], [[m|en|hurry]]; to bustle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To go quickly;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(of time)'' to pass swiftly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be in a hurry; to be eager (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|hasten]], do hastily, speed up.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[festīnābundus]]

+ * [[festīnātim]]

+ * [[festīnātiō]]

+ * [[festīnus]]

+ * [[praefestīnō]]

+ * [[festīnāns]]

+ * [[festīnanter]]

+ * [[festīnātō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnfestim]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Festīnā lentē'', “make haste slowly”, is a Latin saying.^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}