infundo Latin · revision 31123

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfundō''' (present infinitive īnfundere, perfect active īnfūdī, supine īnfūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=in, into]] and [[m|la|fundō|t=to pour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fundō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*χunde/o-]] and the present [[ine-pro|*ǵʰu-n-d-|t=to pour]], from the root [[m|ine-pro|*ǵʰew-]], cognate with [[sa|जुहोति|tr=juhóti|t=pours, sacrifices]] and [[grc|χέω|tr=khéō|t=to pour]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first examples are Plautus' ''Amphitruo'', “a pot of water poured on your head”, and Cato, who has gum poured into water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to pour in liquids or free-running solids, as in Cato, to cast statues, to pour food or drink into the mouth, as Virgil's wine poured in through a horn, and to pour something on or over.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of a god “infused” into the world, and Vitruvius of hollow bronze balls filled with water.^(OLD 2012) It is to send down rain or missiles, as Virgil's storm poured down from above, to spread light or darkness, to let rivers or the sea stream in, and of people to stream in, as Cicero's “foreign ways have poured into our city”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “pour into, infuse, water, impart”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of pouring water on someone's head.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of pouring into water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of something infused into the world.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of pouring down rain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|infuse]], from the participle ''īnfūsus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pour in, into or on; to cast (metal); to instil, [[m|en|infuse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To fill or moisten (with something poured in).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pour down (rain, missiles); to spread (light, darkness); to cause (water, people) to stream in.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnfundibulum]]

+ * [[īnfūsiō]]

+ * [[infusor]]

+ * [[infusorium]]

+ * [[infūsus]]

+ * [[praeinfundo]]

+ * [[superinfundō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fundō]]

+ * [[effundō]]

+ * [[perfundō]]

+ * [[en|infuse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}