suffundo Latin · revision 32219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰu-n-d-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊfˈfʊn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sufˈfun.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suffundō''' (present infinitive suffundere, perfect active suffūdī, supine suffūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''subfundō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|fundō|t1=under|t2=to pour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|fundō]] to [[itc-pro|*χund-]] and a nasal present [[ine-pro|*ǵʰu-n-d-|t=to pour]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|χέω|tr=khéō|t=to pour]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is in Plautus' ''Curculio'': “so that master doesn't hear the hinges creak, I'll pour a little water on them”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is mostly early and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to pour a liquid on or in, and to make a liquid well up, as Mela's sea showing in pits dug deep; it is used especially of blood rising to the face and of gleams of light or colour, as Lucretius' eyes red with suffused light.^(OLD 2012) With an ablative it is to cover or fill with something welling up, as Lucretius' ditches filled with salt water, and Cicero uses it of air suffused with even warmth and of the soul as blood spread round the heart.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tibullus' farmer is painted with red, and Celsus uses it of an abscess spreading beneath the skin.^(OLD 2012) English ''suffuse'' (1580s) comes from its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of water poured on hinges.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of eyes red with light.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of air suffused with warmth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of an abscess spreading.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English [[m|en|suffuse]] comes from its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pour a liquid on or in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make a liquid well up; of blood, light or colour, to rise into, [[m|en|suffuse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To cover or fill with something welling up; to [[m|en|overspread]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To spread beneath.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suffūsiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fundo|alt=fundō]]

+ * [[en|suffuse]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare first-conjugation ''suffundō'', ''-āre'', from [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|fundō|t=to found]], means to lay a foundation under a house.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}