intercessor Latin · revision 33200

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈt͡ʃɛs.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intercessor''' ''m'' (genitive intercessōris, feminine intercestrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The feminine is ''intercestrīx''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|intercēdō|-tor|t1=to come between, intervene]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) [[m|la|intercēdō]] is a compound of [[m|la|inter|t=between]] and [[m|la|cēdō#1|t=to go]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kesd-e/o-|t=to go away, avoid]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first.^(Köbler 2010) In the speeches on the agrarian law he says a veto would only show the vetoer's folly, not stop the measure.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first a person who interposes a veto, such as a tribune, and one who steps in to prevent something: in the ''De legibus'' whoever blocks a bad measure is to be held a saving citizen.^(OLD 2012) It is also an intermediary or agent, and a mediator in a dispute, as in Cicero's ''Pro Roscio Amerino''.^(OLD 2012) In money matters it is a surety: Cicero jokes that if his friend were always tribune he would not need to look for a guarantor.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius has it of a go-between who pleads for someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ancient glossaries explain it as a mediator, a peacemaker and a reconciler of favour.^(TLL) Wiktionary gives “mediator, intercessor”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a vetoer, a mediator and a surety.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius, of a go-between.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who interposes a [[m|en|veto]]; one who intervenes to prevent something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An intermediary, agent; a [[m|en|mediator]] in a dispute.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|surety]] in money matters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An [[m|en|intercessor]], one who pleads for another.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intercēdō]]

+ * [[intercessiō]]

+ * [[cēdō#1]]

+ * [[en|intercessor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}