intento Latin · revision 32192

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ten-d(ʰ)-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intentō''' (present infinitive intentāre, perfect active intentāvī, supine intentātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts sometimes spell it ''intemto'' or ''intempto''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|intendō|-tō|t1=to stretch out, aim]], a frequentative formed on the supine stem ⟨intent-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[m|la|in-]] with [[m|la|tendō|t=to stretch]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*tend-]] and [[ine-pro|*ten-d(ʰ)-|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Cicero's ''Pro Roscio Amerino'', of a book held out towards Sextus Roscius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to hold out or point towards something, and ''oculos intentare'' is to fix one's gaze.^(OLD 2012) Above all it is to point weapons threateningly: Cicero writes of burning torches held out and of a dagger aimed at him, Tacitus of hands raised in threat, and Suetonius of drawn swords.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From this it came to mean to threaten, as Livy's few men who threaten the Roman empire.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to threaten, aim.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a book held out and of torches brandished.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of threatening an empire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of hands raised in threat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To hold out towards, point at;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''oculos intentare'', to fix one's gaze.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To point weapons threateningly;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''manus intentare'', to shake one's fist.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|threaten]], [[m|en|menace]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intentātiō]]

+ * [[intentator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intendo|alt=intendō]]

+ * [[tendo|alt=tendō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}