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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la ille}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈil.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''illō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It also appears as ''illōc''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative masculine singular of [[m|la|ille|t=that]] used as an adverb of direction;^(OLD 2012) the TLL connects it with [[illic#1]], comparing [[m|la|illūc|t=thither]] and the pair ⟨hōc⟩, [[m|la|hūc|t=hither]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has “I'll take you there where you won't spit”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler also gives Naevius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to that place, thither, and with ''hōc'' “here and there, this way and that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is to that point or stage, as the elder Seneca's speaker who then passes to that point in the argument.^(OLD 2012) ''Illō locī'' is “in that situation”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Köbler finds it in the Bible, the Alemannic laws, Hrotsvitha and Otto of Freising.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of taking someone there.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To that place, [[m|en|thither]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''hōc … illō'', here and there.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To that point (in an argument).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''illō locī'', in that situation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ille]]

+ * [[illūc]]

+ * [[illīc]]

+ * [[hūc]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}