identidem Latin · revision 32056

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la īdem}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.dẽː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iˈdɛn.ti.dem]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''identidem''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from ⟨idem et idem⟩ “the same and the same”, as Priscian already did, from [[m|la|īdem|t=the same]] and [[m|la|et|t=and]]; the Thesaurus notes that the formation is not clear.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short give an older analysis with ⟨ti⟩ “still” and ⟨dem⟩ “day”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means repeatedly, again and again, continually, or at intervals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “repeatedly, again and again”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|repeatedly|alt=Repeatedly]], again and again, [[m|en|continually]]; at intervals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[idem|alt=īdem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}