ventito Latin · revision 32962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=ine-pro *gʷm-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwɛn.tɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɛn.ti.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ventitō''' (present infinitive ventitāre, perfect active ventitāvī, supine ventitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|veniō|-itō|t1=to come]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|veniō]] to [[itc-pro|*gʷn-je/o-|t=to come]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷm-ie/o-|t=to come]], comparing [[sa|गच्छति|tr=gácchati]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short quote it from Caesar, who says that merchants often come to the Ubii, and Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to come often or habitually, to keep coming, to resort: Cicero recalls going regularly to Scaevola, and Caesar has people coming often into the camp.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to come often.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of merchants coming to the Ubii.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of visits to Scaevola.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come often or habitually, keep coming, [[m|en|resort]] (to a place or person).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venio|alt=veniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}