eniteo Latin · revision 32808

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=la niteō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈnɪ.te.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈniː.te.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēniteō''' (present infinitive ēnitēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|niteō|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains [[m|la|niteō]] as built on a participle *nitos “made bright”, but finds no known Indo-European root that fits its form and meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Accius,^(de Vaan 2008) whose line on crops that shine forth Cicero quotes in the ''Tusculan Disputations''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to shine forth, be bright: Catullus has myrtle shining with flowering twigs, Virgil a plain, and Gellius the sky clearing up again.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is used of a person or a quality that stands out: the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' speaks of being outstanding in every part of style.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD files the perfect ⟨ēnituī⟩ under the inchoative [[enitesco|alt=ēnitēscō]],^(OLD 2012) and the TLL does the same.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it to shine forth, gleam.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of shining crops.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of flowering myrtle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a shining plain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of the sky clearing up.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To shine forth, [[m|en|gleam]], be bright.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Of a person or quality, to be [[m|en|conspicuous]] or outstanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interniteō]]

+ * [[niteō]]

+ * [[perniteō]]

+ * [[praeniteō]]

+ * [[reniteō]]

+ * [[ēnitēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}