eruptio Latin · revision 31291

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=120–67 BC, Sisenna|origins=ine-pro *Hru-n-p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈrʊp.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈrup.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēruptiō''' ''f'' (genitive ēruptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ērumpō|t=to break out]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[m|la|ex-|t=out]] and [[m|la|rumpō|t=to break]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*ru-n-p-|t=to break]] and the nasal present [[ine-pro|*Hru-n-p-|t=to break]], cognate with [[ang|rēofan|t=to break, tear]].^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore of Seville gives it as the Latin for Greek ⟨rheuma⟩, a flux.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Sisenna's histories are the OLD's earliest example, of a gate by which a sally could be made;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a sudden rush of troops from a position, a sally or sortie.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also a violent discharge of water, fire or bodily fluids, as Cicero's darkness spread by the eruption of Etna's fires, and figuratively an outburst of feeling, as the elder Seneca's tears, the breaking out of grief held back.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of plants sprouting from the ground and of an eruption of pimples on the skin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Through Old French and directly it gave English [[m|en|eruption]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna of a sally.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the eruption of Etna.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of sprouting plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''eruption''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(military)'' A [[m|en|sally]], [[m|en|sortie]], onrush.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A bursting forth, [[m|en|eruption]] (of water, fire); an outburst (of feeling).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The sprouting (of plants); ''(medicine)'' an eruption on the skin.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ērumpō]]

+ * [[rumpō]]

+ * [[irruptiō]]

+ * [[en|eruption]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}