commisceo Latin · revision 31830

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *meyḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''commisceō''' (present infinitive commiscēre, perfect active commiscuī, supine commixtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The participle is also spelled ''commistus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|misceō|t2=to mix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|misceō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*miḱ-sḱé-|t=to mix]].^(de Vaan 2008) The Thesaurus compares [[sga|con-mescatar|t=are mixed]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Plautus' ''Persa'', “mix the honeyed wine”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to mix ingredients together, or one thing with another, as Cato's lees mixed with water, and with abstract objects to combine or confuse, as Quintilian's subjects of deliberation made up of both kinds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of sexual union, and Virgil of one people mingling with another, the Trojans who will be mixed with them in blood only.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it is also to share counsel or discuss something with someone.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “mingle, lie with”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of mixing wine and of sharing counsel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of lees mixed with water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of sexual union.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of peoples mingling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|mix]] together, [[m|en|mingle]]; to combine, confuse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To unite sexually; to mingle with another people.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To share counsel or business with.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[commiscibilis]]

+ * [[commixtim]]

+ * [[commixtiō]]

+ * [[commixtūra]]

+ * [[commistim]]

+ * [[commistiō]]

+ * [[commixtum]]

+ * [[commistus]]

+ * [[commixtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admisceō]]

+ * [[ēmisceō]]

+ * [[immisceō]]

+ * [[impermisceō]]

+ * [[intermisceō]]

+ * [[misceō]]

+ * [[permisceō]]

+ * [[prōmiscuus]]

+ * [[remisceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}