intercipio Latin · revision 31378

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈkɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intercipiō''' (present infinitive intercipere, perfect active intercēpī, supine interceptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Frontinus spells it ''intercap-''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|inter-|t=between]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]], with the vowel weakened to ⟨i⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan derives ⟨capiō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*kap-i-|t=to seize]], from [[ine-pro|*kh₂p-i-]] or a non-Indo-European ⟨*kap-⟩, cognate with [[grc|κάπτω|tr=káptō|t=to gulp down]] and [[got|𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=hafjan|t=to lift]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “will you ransom me if the enemy catch me on the way?” in the ''Asinaria''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to catch something on its way, to intercept, of people and forces, of animals, as Mela's tiger cubs, of poison meant for another, as in Cicero, and of water diverted from its course, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to cut someone off from his own people, as in Livy, and to seize a place, as Livy's enemy holding every good position between the consuls' camps.^(OLD 2012) It is to take what belongs to another, steal or usurp, as Terence's “she takes what we should get”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is to interrupt, to cut short, as Propertius' old age that cuts off love, and to carry off by death, as Columella's bees often taken by disease.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “intercept, interrupt, rob”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of capture by the enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of stealing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of intercepted poison.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of seizing positions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of bees carried off by disease.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|intercept|alt=intercept]], catch on the way; to divert (water).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To cut off, separate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To seize, occupy (a place).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To steal, purloin; to [[m|en|usurp]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|interrupt]]; to cut short.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To carry off (by death).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interceptiō]]

+ * [[interceptor]]

+ * [[interceptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[excipiō]]

+ * [[praecipiō]]

+ * [[ēripiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}