supervenio Latin · revision 31702

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊ.pɛrˈwɛ.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [su.perˈvɛː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''superveniō''' (present infinitive supervenīre, perfect active supervēnī, supine superventum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|super-|veniō|t2=to come]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The verb [[m|la|veniō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*gʷenjō]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-yé-|t=to come]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is not found before the Augustan age;^(Lewis & Short 1879) its first examples in the OLD are from Virgil, whose Aegle comes up to join the frightened boys in the ''Eclogues''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to come down on top of something so as to cover or press it, as Virgil's Turnus leaping on a fallen man, and of animals to mount.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to come up with someone, catch them unawares, or simply to arrive on the scene, as Livy's cavalry that decided a battle, and of events to happen unexpectedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Celsus uses it of an illness coming on top of another, as fever after a wound, and Columella of time going beyond a limit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “come upon, overtake, surprise”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of coming up with someone and of leaping on a fallen enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of fever supervening on a wound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1640s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|supervene]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come down on top of; of animals, to [[m|en|mount]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To come up with, [[m|en|overtake]], surprise; to arrive on the scene; of events, to happen unexpectedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To come on top of something else, [[m|en|supervene]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

+ # To go beyond, [[m|en|exceed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[superventiō]]

+ * [[superuentus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adveniō]]

+ * [[antēveniō]]

+ * [[circumveniō]]

+ * [[contrāveniō]]

+ * [[conveniō]]

+ * [[dēveniō]]

+ * [[ēveniō]]

+ * [[interveniō]]

+ * [[inveniō]]

+ * [[obveniō]]

+ * [[venio|alt=veniō]]

+ * [[en|supervene]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}