imbuo Latin · revision 31198

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=back-formation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪm.bu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈim.bu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''imbuō''' (present infinitive imbuere, perfect active imbuī, supine imbūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is sometimes spelled ''inbuō'', as if formed with ''in-''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain; the OLD calls it doubtful and the TLL unknown.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan and Wiktionary follow Weiss, who starts from the participle [[m|la|imbūtus]], since most Old Latin forms are participles or passives: it would be [[itc-pro|*enþūtos]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁en-dʰh₁-u-|t=in-placement]], built on [[m|ine-pro|*h₁en|t=in]] and [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]], first used of steeping things in a liquid or dye.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short connect it with [[m|la|bibō|t=to drink]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as its first author;^(de Vaan 2008) the OLD's earliest example of drenching is from Ennius' ''Annals''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to drench, wet or stain, and so to give a colour or flavour, as Lucretius' peacocks “steeped in smiling grace”, and to stain with blood, as Virgil's lamb that will often wet the altar.^(OLD 2012) Of abstract things it is to permeate or imbue, as Cicero's “no people is so wild that belief in gods has not filled its mind”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It is also to wet for the first time, as Catullus' boat that first dipped its oars in the sea, hence to inaugurate, and to give someone first instruction, as Varro's ears of a girl not to be imbued with words of love.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “fill, nourish, instruct, initiate”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|imbue]] comes from it, from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of drenching.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of belief in gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|imbue]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|drench]], wet, steep; to stain; to tinge.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To permeate, [[m|en|imbue]] (with); to fill.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To wet for the first time; to [[m|en|inaugurate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give first instruction (in); to introduce (to); to initiate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[imbutamentum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[imbūtus]]

+ * [[madeō]]

+ * [[īnficiō]]

+ * [[en|imbue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}