introitus Latin · revision 31739

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁ey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪnˈtro.ɪ.tʊs], [ɪnˈtro.ɪ.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈtrɔː.i.tus], [inˈtrɔː.i.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''introitus''' ''m'' (genitive introitūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have an ablative singular ''introitō'' and plural ''introitīs''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|introeō|-tus|t1=to go in]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb is formed from [[m|la|intrō|t=inside]] and [[m|la|eō|t=to go]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who distinguishes keeping a man from entering a place and keeping him from approaching it at all.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a going in, an entrance, and in Cicero also a hostile entry, as Marcellus' entry into Syracuse.^(OLD 2012) It is also a means or right of entry, a way in or entrance, and in geography the mouth of a river or harbour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Younger uses it of entry into a council and the fee paid for it.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is a beginning or introduction, as Cicero's opening of a defence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Church Latin it is the introit, the chant sung as the priest approaches the altar.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Medieval texts also use it of entry into an office, of a relief paid to a lord, of an import duty and of revenue.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of entering and of the opening of a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of soldiers entering a town.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – The introit of the Mass; entry into an office.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ * late 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|introit]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A going in, [[m|en|entrance]]; a hostile entry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A means or right of entry; a way in; the mouth of a river or harbour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Entry into a body or office; an entrance fee.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # A beginning, [[m|en|introduction]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The [[m|en|introit]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|relief]] paid to a lord; an import duty; revenue.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[introeō]]

+ * [[introitōrius]]

+ * [[en|introit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}