rimor Latin · revision 32769

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la rīma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈriː.mɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈriː.mor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rīmor''' (present infinitive rīmārī, perfect active rīmātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Pacuvius has an active form ''rīmō'', ''-āre''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|rīma|-ō|t1=crack, fissure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds the origin of [[m|la|rīma]] unclear: a preform from the root [[ine-pro|*h₁reiḱ-|t=to tear, break]] of [[rixa]] would fit, but several other preforms would give the same Latin word.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Pacuvius,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses the active form.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to probe the cracks of something, search: Seneca writes of greed that has probed the veins of the earth.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short think it belonged first to farming, of tearing up the ground: Virgil has farmers who can barely scratch the earth with hoes, and birds grubbing through meadows.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It is to rummage for, and to examine with the eyes: an unknown tragic poet has someone poking about hidden places by the sea, and Virgil's Tarchon looks for an exposed spot to strike.^(OLD 2012) Transferred, it is to investigate a subject, as Posidonius does in Cicero, or to ferret out facts: Tacitus speaks of a city quick to sniff out offences.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says that it means searching for something hidden by digging for it, with effort and skill, while [[scrutor]] is searching by rummaging, with eagerness.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of investigating a question.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of scratching the earth and looking for a spot to strike.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of probing the veins of the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of ferreting out offences.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To probe the cracks of, [[m|en|probe]], search; to furrow, tear up (the ground); to rummage for.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To examine with the eyes, [[m|en|scrutinize]]; to look about for; to espy through a crack.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|investigate]] (a subject); to ferret out.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rima|alt=rīma]]

+ * [[scrutor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}