admisceo Latin · revision 32124

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''admisceō''' (present infinitive admiscēre, perfect active admiscuī, supine admixtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The participle is ''admixtus'', less well ''admistus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|misceō|t1=to|t2=to mix]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|misceō]] to [[itc-pro|*mik-sk-e/o-|t=to mix]] and [[ine-pro|*miḱ-sk-e/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|μείγνυμι|tr=meígnumi|t=to mingle, mix]], [[sga|mescaid|t=mixes, confuses]] and [[lt|maišýti|t=to mix]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is in Plautus' ''Casina'': nothing can be salty or sweet unless love is mixed in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to add something as an ingredient, as Cicero speaks of heat mixed with water, to mix things together, and to produce something by mixing.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it implies a main ingredient to which something is added, where [[immisceo|alt=immisceō]] stresses close union and [[permisceo|alt=permisceō]] the loss of separate character.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It can mean to adulterate, as Cicero writes that seaports are infected with new speech and customs, and to add without fusion, as Caesar adds 400 front-line soldiers to a force.^(OLD 2012) Terence uses it of drawing a person into an affair: “manage your business so as not to involve me”.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes that it is mostly technical, frequent in the medical writers.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of love mixed into everything.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of involving a person in an affair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of heat mixed with water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of troops added to a force.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To add as an ingredient, mix in; to mix together; to produce by mixing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To mix so as to [[m|en|contaminate]] or adulterate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To add, attach or include.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With ''cum'', to mix up, confuse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|involve]] a person in a matter; reflexively, to get involved, [[m|en|meddle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admixtiō]]

+ * [[admixtus]]

+ * [[admistiō]]

+ * [[admistus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[commisceō]]

+ * [[ēmisceō]]

+ * [[immisceō]]

+ * [[impermisceō]]

+ * [[intermisceō]]

+ * [[misceō]]

+ * [[permisceō]]

+ * [[prōmiscuus]]

+ * [[remisceō]]

+ * [[en|admix]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}