insulto Latin · revision 31968

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *sh₂l-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsʊɫ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsul.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsultō''' (present infinitive īnsultāre, perfect active īnsultāvī, supine īnsultātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|saltō|t2=to leap, dance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|saltō]] is a frequentative of [[m|la|saliō|t=to jump]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sal-je-|t=to jump]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₂l-ie/o-|t=to jump]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἅλλομαι|tr=hállomai|t=to jump]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius;^(de Vaan 2008) Terence has “take care you don't often kick at that door in vain”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to leap, jump, dance or trample on something, as Virgil's bees hopping on flowers, and to leap into a place, as Virgil's mothers dancing through the woods in Bacchic bands and Lucan's foot soldiers leaping on the enemy's rear.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means to behave insultingly, mock or jeer, as Cicero's “I will not insult him more vehemently”, and with an object to mock at, as Sallust's man who had mocked many good men from his youth.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “scoff at, taunt, insult”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|insult]] first meant to triumph over arrogantly, in the 1560s, from French and directly from the Latin word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of kicking at a door.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of bees on flowers and of dancing through woods.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English [[m|en|insult]], “to triumph over arrogantly”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To leap, jump, dance or trample on; to kick at.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To leap into, enter with a leap.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To behave insultingly, [[m|en|mock]], [[m|en|scoff]], [[m|en|taunt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsultābundus]]

+ * [[insultātiō]]

+ * [[insultatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salto|alt=saltō]]

+ * [[salio|alt=saliō]]

+ * [[insilio|alt=īnsiliō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}