enimvero Latin · revision 32547

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la enim, la vērō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛ.nɪnˈweː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [e.nimˈvɛː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''enimvērō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also written separately as ''enim vērō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|enim|vērō|t1=indeed|t2=truly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|enim]] to [[itc-pro|*enim]], an accusative of the pronoun [[itc-pro|*eno-|t=that one]], and [[ine-pro|*h₁e-no-]], comparing [[osc|íním|t=and]] and [[xum|ene|t=and]].^(de Vaan 2008) [[m|la|vērō]] belongs with [[m|la|vērus|t=true]], from [[ine-pro|*weh₁-ro-|t=true]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it: a character exclaims that now, upon his word, he is done for.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It introduces and stresses a remark, "well, upon my word!", and answers a question with "certainly".^(OLD 2012) In narrative it introduces a reaction: Cicero reports that when the words were passed on to a man, he simply laughed.^(OLD 2012) Terence uses it to confirm and add to what has been said, and Apuleius to contrast, "but on the other hand".^(OLD 2012) The comic poets scan the second syllable short; it usually stands first in its clause, and is also written separately.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Pacuvius.^(Köbler 2010) Church Latin glosses it certainly, truly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in exclamations and answers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence to confirm a statement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero in narrative.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius to mark a contrast.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Introducing a remark, well, upon my word!; in answers, [[m|en|certainly]], to be sure.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In narrative, introducing a reaction or consequence.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Confirming what precedes: and in fact, and what is more.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Contrasting: on the other hand, but.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[enim]]

+ * [[vero|alt=vērō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}