immisceo Latin · revision 31728

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *meyḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪmˈmɪs.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [imˈmiʃ.ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immisceō''' (present infinitive immiscēre, perfect active immiscuī, supine immixtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Virgil has the archaic passive infinitive ''immiscērier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is also spelled ''inmisceō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|misceō|t2=to mix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|misceō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*mikskeō]] and [[ine-pro|*miḱ-sḱé-|t=to mix]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|μείγνυμι|tr=meígnumi|t=to mix]], [[lt|maišýti|t=to mix]] and [[sga|mescaid|t=mixes, confuses]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Lucretius on the view that everything lies hidden mixed in all things;^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is not frequent until after the Augustan age and is not found in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to mix one thing with another, also with abstract objects, as Horace's mixing what should be avoided with what should be sought, and reflexively to merge into something, as Virgil's “so he spoke, and merged into the black night”.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is to mingle among a group, as Tibullus' line of youths mingled with tender girls, and to involve someone in something, often reflexively to take part or meddle.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Livy uses it of throwing affairs into confusion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “mix in, mingle with, join with, become involved with”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of things mixed with others.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of merging into the night.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of youths among girls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of throwing things into confusion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|mix]] in, [[m|en|blend]]; reflexive, to merge into.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|mingle]] among people; passive or reflexive, to join, associate with.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To involve; reflexive, to take part in, [[m|en|meddle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To mix together, throw into confusion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immistus]]

+ * [[immixtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admisceō]]

+ * [[commisceō]]

+ * [[ēmisceō]]

+ * [[impermisceō]]

+ * [[intermisceō]]

+ * [[misceō]]

+ * [[permisceō]]

+ * [[prōmiscuus]]

+ * [[remisceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}