defetiscor Latin · revision 32776

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *fati-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.fɛˈtiːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.feˈtis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēfetīscor''' (present infinitive dēfetīscī, perfect active dēfessus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts sometimes have ''dēfatīscor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|fatīscor|t2=to grow weary]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan thinks the compound came first and [[m|la|fatīscor]] was built on it; both go back to a noun [[itc-pro|*fati-|t=exhaustion]].^(de Vaan 2008) The ⟨e⟩ is irregular, since ⟨*dēfitīscor⟩ would be expected, and was probably taken from [[defessus|alt=dēfessus]], where the reduction is regular.^(de Vaan 2008) Priscian says the oldest writers used ⟨fatīscor⟩ and ⟨fessus⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whose ''Epidicus'' a man says how tired they are of searching.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to become exhausted in mind or body, to tire or flag; with an infinitive, to tire of doing something: in Terence a man says he will not tire of trying.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to lose heart: Cicero writes of a senate already weak and worn out, and Virgil of companions who all deserted, exhausted.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that the finite verb is early and rare, while the participle ⟨dēfessus⟩ is classical and frequent.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to become weary or tired out.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of being tired of searching.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of not tiring of trying.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a worn-out senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of exhausted companions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become [[m|en|exhausted]], tire, flag; to grow weary of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To lose [[m|en|heart]], be discouraged.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[defetiscentia]]

+ * [[indēfessus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[defatigo|alt=dēfatīgō]]

+ * [[defessus|alt=dēfessus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}