fastidio Latin · revision 31264

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la fastīdium}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fasˈtiː.di.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fasˈtiː.di.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fastīdiō''' (present infinitive fastīdīre, perfect active fastīdīvī or fastīdiī, supine fastīdītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Petronius uses the perfect participle in an active sense.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|fastīdium|t=loathing, disdain]] with the verb suffix [[m|la|-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨fastīdium⟩ as a compound ⟨*fastu-taid-o-⟩, shortened by haplology, of [[m|la|fastus|t=haughtiness]] and [[m|la|taedet|t=it wearies, disgusts]]; ⟨fastus⟩ may go back to [[ine-pro|*bʰr̥s-tu-|t=top, point]], and the origin of ⟨taedet⟩ is unknown.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “why is he so haughty? He has such riches” in the ''Bacchides'',^(OLD 2012) and Cato speaks of oxen that refuse their food.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to show aversion to food or drink, as Cato's oxen, and intransitively to put on airs or be disdainful, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Transitively it is to regard with disdain or distaste, to scorn or turn away from, as Plautus' “why do you shrink from what you see you must do?”, and with an infinitive to disdain to do something, as Livy's plea not to disdain admitting the plebs to the priesthood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Intransitively it is also to be squeamish, as Plautus' “all men are shrewd for their own profit and fussy”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “scorn, shrink from, despise, spurn”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of haughtiness and of shrinking from a task.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of oxen refusing food.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of disdaining to admit others.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To loathe, show aversion to (food, drink); to be squeamish.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be haughty, [[m|en|disdainful]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|disdain]], [[m|en|scorn]], despise, spurn; to disdain (to do).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fastidibilis]]

+ * [[fastiditas]]

+ * [[infastiditus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fastīdium]]

+ * [[fastīdiōsus]]

+ * [[fastus]]

+ * [[taedet]]

+ * [[spernō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein, following Lambinus, says we ''spernimus'' what is to be rejected or shunned, ''contemnimus'' great and fearful things such as danger and death, and ''dēspicimus'' what lies below us.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}