exitiosus Latin · revision 32479

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁ei-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛk.sɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡ.zit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exitiōsus''' (feminine exitiōsa, neuter exitiōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''exsitiōsus''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|exitium|-ōsus|t1=destruction]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|exitium]] comes from [[m|la|exeō|t=to go out]], a compound of [[m|la|eō|t=to go]],^(Köbler 2010) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ei-|t=to go]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ei-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore explained the word as “that which is destruction to many”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and Lewis & Short find it first in Cicero, who uses it of the Catilinarian conspiracy.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means causing death or destruction, pernicious, deadly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical: Cicero speaks of a ruinous conspiracy and of a slaughter that would have been fatal to the state.^(Lewis & Short 1879) An ancient list of synonyms groups it with [[periculosus|alt=perīculōsus]], [[pestifer]] and [[perniciosus|alt=perniciōsus]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a deadly conspiracy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville explains the word.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|destructive|alt=Destructive]], [[m|en|pernicious]], deadly, ruinous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exitium]]

+ * [[exitialis|alt=exitiālis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}