obtingo Latin · revision 33127

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *th₂-n-g-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔpˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈtiŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obtingō''' (present infinitive obtingere, perfect active obtigī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''optingō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|tangō|t2=to touch]], with the vowel weakened in the compound.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tangō]] to [[ine-pro|*th₂-n-g-|t=to touch]], cognate with [[grc|τεταγών|tr=tetagṓn|t=having seized]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Plautus it already means to fall to one's lot, as in the ''Bacchides'' (no one is not envied when good fortune falls to them), and in the ''Casina'' of the lot that will fall to him.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short quote a Plautus fragment, preserved by Nonius, where it means to touch or strike (a heady smell struck the nose), though Nonius also gives the line with ''attigit''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its usual sense is to fall to someone's lot or share: Cicero has the water-supply post falling to a man by lot and a quaestor allotted to him.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of events it means to happen or befall, though Lewis & Short note that ''accidere'', ''contingere'' and ''ēvenīre'' are more common in that sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein groups it with ''contingere'' and ''obvenīre'' as verbs used mostly of fortunate occurrences.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of what falls to one's lot.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of something turning out as one wished.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a post allotted to a man.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fall to one's [[m|en|lot]], come to one as a share (for good or ill).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To happen, [[m|en|befall]], occur.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To touch, strike (once, in a fragment of Plautus).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[attingō]]

+ * [[contingō]]

+ * [[pertingō]]

+ * [[tangō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}