emetior Latin · revision 31939

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=65–8 BC, Horace|origins=ine-pro *meh₁-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈmeː.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈmɛt.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēmētior''' (present infinitive ēmētīrī, perfect active ēmēnsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ''ēmītior'' is found in some manuscripts.^(TLL)

+ The perfect participle ''ēmēnsus'' is sometimes passive in meaning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|mētior|t2=to measure]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|mētior]] as a verb made from a noun [[itc-pro|*mēti-|t=measurement]], from [[ine-pro|*meh₁-ti-|t=measurement]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|μῆτις|tr=mêtis|t=wisdom, skill]] and [[ang|mǣd|t=measure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD are in Horace, who asks why a rich man does not measure out something for his country from his great heap, and in Virgil, of a warrior measuring the distance for his spear by eye.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to measure out or deal by measure, and to measure a distance;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is not frequent until after the Augustan age.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius uses it of the lengths and heights of the voice.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its commonest use is to cover a distance, complete a journey, or pass over or through a place, as Virgil's “having finished our journey we have overcome every mishap”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of living out one's life and of enduring hardships to the end.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives to impart or bestow.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of measuring out from a heap.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of measuring a distance and completing a journey.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses the participle in a passive sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of living out one's life.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To measure out, deal out by measure; to [[m|en|measure]] a distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To cover a distance, complete a journey, [[m|en|traverse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To live out a period; to endure hardships to the end.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To impart, [[m|en|bestow]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[emensio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[metior|alt=mētior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}