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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)neh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɔː]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nō''' (present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*snājō|alt=*(s)nāje/o-|t=to swim]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(s)neh₂-|t=to swim, float]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|snaïd|t=to swim]], [[sa|स्नाति|tr=snā́ti|t=bathes]] and [[grc|νήχω|tr=nḗkhō|t=to swim]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Whether [[xum|snata|t=cleansed]] belongs here is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) The frequentative [[natō|t=to swim, float]] was built on an old participle ⟨*natos⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan lists it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who mentions the rush float put on boys learning to swim.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius has “one wants to swim, the other is ready to fight”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “to swim”, and of things “to float”, as Virgil's feathers floating on the water.^(OLD 2012) Poets use it of ships sailing, as Catullus' pines that swam through the waters, and of birds flying through the clear summer air.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius says that when wine has penetrated a man his tongue slows and his eyes swim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of boys learning to swim.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of swimming eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of sailing ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|swim]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|float]]; of ships, to sail; of birds, to fly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of the eyes, to swim, lose focus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adnō]]

+ * [[circumnō]]

+ * [[ēnō]]

+ * [[innō]]

+ * [[natō]]

+ * [[rēnō]]

+ * [[supernō]]

+ * [[trānsnō]]

+ * [[innābilis]]

+ * [[trānō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Jerome uses ''No'' as the name of an Egyptian city, perhaps Alexandria or Thebes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}