indutiae Latin · revision 32174

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪnˈduː.ti.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈdut.t͡si.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indūtiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive indūtiārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''indūciae'', and in an archaizing passage of Cicero ''indōtiae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Gellius cites an archaic singular.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is unknown.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) The TLL thinks it is derived from an unattested ⟨*indūtus⟩, as [[m|la|nūptiae|t=wedding]] from ⟨nūptus⟩, but calls the origin and first meaning uncertain.^(TLL) De Vaan notes that it points to an adjective ⟨*dūto-⟩ and reports Weiss's suggestion of [[ine-pro|*n̥-duh₂-tio-|t=inability]], from a root [[m|ine-pro|*duh₂-|t=to be able, arrange]]; this would parallel a proposed derivation of [[m|la|bellum|t=war]] from [[m|la|bonus|t=good]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short explained it as [[m|la|indu|t=in]] with [[m|la|eō|t=to go]], a going into rest.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius reports a fanciful explanation by Aurelius Opillus from a phrase meaning “thence to use now”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Captivi'' speaks of sending someone else once there is a truce.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a cessation of hostilities, a truce or armistice;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro called it a holiday of war, and Cicero mentions a truce of thirty days agreed with the enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In general it is a period of grace or respite, as Apuleius' Medea, who obtained a single day's respite from Creon and burned his whole house.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it is a truce between private parties imposed by town magistrates, a deferment, and a stay in legal proceedings.^(Niermeyer 1976) Köbler finds it in the Burgundian law code, the capitularies and many chronicles.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a truce.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro calls a truce a holiday of war.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a thirty-day truce.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of a day's respite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A cessation of hostilities, [[m|en|armistice]], [[m|en|truce]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A period of grace, [[m|en|respite]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A truce between private parties imposed by magistrates.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A deferment; a stay in legal proceedings.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}