introeo Latin · revision 31699

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪnˈtro.e.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈtrɔː.e.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''introeō''' (present infinitive introīre, perfect active introiī or introīvī, supine introitum); irregular conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Early Latin also had ''introdeō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|intrō|eō|t1=inside|t2=to go]], also written separately.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|eō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Plautus' “there is no time to go in”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to go inside or enter, also of things and, in Quintilian, of coming on stage.^(OLD 2012) With a destination understood it is to enter Rome (of a general in triumph) or to appear in court.^(OLD 2012) It is also to invade, as in Cicero, to enter on a position or into a family, and of time to begin.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[intrō|alt=intrāre]], which is usually transitive and puts the stress on crossing the threshold, while ⟨introīre⟩ is intransitive and thinks of the space enclosed; [[ineō|alt=inīre]] is used mostly of entering on something in a figurative sense.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “enter, go in”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of going inside.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of a thing entering a tube.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of invading a city.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of coming on stage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go in, [[m|en|enter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To enter Rome; to appear in court.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|invade]], occupy.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To enter on a position or condition; of time, to begin.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[introitus]]

+ * [[subintroeō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intro|alt=intrō]]

+ * [[eo|alt=eō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}