immitis Latin · revision 31792

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *meh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪmˈmiː.tɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [imˈmiː.tis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immītis''' (neuter immīte); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inmītis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|mītis|t2=mild, soft]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨mītis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*mīti-]] and [[ine-pro|*meh₁i-ti-|alt=*m(e)h1i-ti-|t=soft]], perhaps from a derivative of [[ine-pro|*meh₁-|t=to measure]]; cognate with [[sga|mín|t=soft]] and [[lt|miélas|t=dear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero's letters already have the superlative, of Servius, who “will be most merciless”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Catullus.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis and Short call it mostly poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of fruit and wine it means “harsh, sour, unripe”, as Horace's unripe grape.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Mostly it is used of people, “harsh, merciless, cruel”, and of things such as Tibullus' wild winds and the sword forged with cruel skill.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “harsh, cruel”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus of wild winds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of an unripe grape.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of fruit, harsh, sour, [[m|en|unripe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|merciless|alt=Merciless]], [[m|en|cruel]], harsh; savage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mītis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}