intercedo Latin · revision 31079

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intercēdō''' (present infinitive intercēdere, perfect active intercessī, supine intercessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|inter-|cēdō|t1=between|t2=to go, give way]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨cēdō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kesde/o-|t=to go away, avoid]] and, following Lubotsky, to [[ine-pro|*ḱyesdʰ-|t=to drive away, go away]], the root of [[sa|सेधति|tr=sedhati|t=to drive away]]; he rejects the older analysis as “here” plus a root “sit”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as the first author of the verb.^(de Vaan 2008) In the ''Curculio'' it is of time: if a day fixed with an enemy comes between, one must still go.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to lie between, in space (Caesar's woods and marshes), in time and in a series.^(OLD 2012) Of ties and dealings it is to exist between people, as Terence's friendship and Varro's transactions.^(OLD 2012) From this it is to intervene in an affair, to stand surety (Cicero), and to intervene against, hinder or oppose; in politics it is the veto of a magistrate, above all of a tribune of the plebs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “intercede, interpose on behalf of, intervene”,^(Stelten 1995) and in medieval Latin it meant to plead on someone's behalf.^(Etymonline) English [[m|en|intercede]] (1570s) first meant to come between; the sense “plead for another” followed about 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of time coming between.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of friendship between persons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of standing surety and of the tribune's veto.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of woods lying between.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English [[m|en|intercede]], “plead for another”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie or come between (in space, time or a series).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To exist between (of ties, dealings); to take place.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|intervene]]; to stand [[m|en|surety]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To oppose, hinder, ''(of magistrates, especially tribunes)'' to [[m|en|veto]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|intercede]], plead on someone's behalf.^(Stelten 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intercessiō]]

+ * [[intercessor]]

+ * [[intercessus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēdō]]

+ * [[en|intercede]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}