confestim Latin · revision 31774

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *bʰristi-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kõːˈfɛs.tĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koɱˈfɛs.tim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnfestim''' (adverb, not comparable)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[con-]], a noun ⟨*festi-⟩ “haste” and the adverbial ending [[m|la|-im]], with the root of [[festīnō|t=to hurry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan notes that this adverb points to an earlier noun ⟨*festi-⟩, which Schrijver traces to [[itc-pro|*fristi-|t=haste]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰristi-|alt=*bhristi-]], cognate with [[cy|brys|t=haste]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In Plautus' ''Trinummus'' a man is told to go to the treasure at once and secretly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “immediately, forthwith, without delay”, in prose and poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “immediately, at once”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of going to the treasure at once.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|immediately|alt=Immediately]], [[m|en|forthwith]], without delay.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[festīnō]]

+ * [[festīnātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}