insido Latin · revision 32364

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *si-sd-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsīdō''' (present infinitive īnsīdere, perfect active īnsēdī, supine īnsessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Tacitus has the perfect ''īnsīdī''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Its forms are often hard to tell apart from those of [[insideo|alt=īnsideō]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|sīdō|t1=in, on|t2=to sit down, settle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sīdō]] to [[itc-pro|*sizd-e/o-|t=to sit down]] and the reduplicated [[ine-pro|*si-sd-e/o-|t=to sit down]], comparing [[xum|sistu|t=to sit down]], [[sa|सीदति|tr=sī́dati|t=sits down]] and [[grc|ἵζω|tr=hízō|t=to sit down]]; he notes that compounds such as this one are attested earlier than the simple verb.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has it first, of a dictator mounting his chariot.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to sit or settle on something, as Virgil's bees settle on flowers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In war it is to occupy and hold a position, as Sisenna has a commander seizing higher ground.^(OLD 2012) It is also to settle in a place and make one's home there.^(OLD 2012) Celsus uses it of an arrow sinking deep and of wounds or diseases that become deep-seated, and figuratively it is to sink in and become fixed, as Cicero writes that certain hateful suspicions had taken root.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of mounting a chariot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna of occupying higher ground.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of suspicions taking root.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of deep wounds and diseases.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To sit or [[m|en|settle]] on.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(military)'' To [[m|en|occupy]], seize, hold a position.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To settle in, make one's home in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sink in, [[m|en|penetrate]]; of wounds or diseases, to become deep-seated; figuratively, to become fixed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}