ementior Latin · revision 33228

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈmɛn.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈmɛn.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēmentior''' (present infinitive ēmentīrī, perfect active ēmentītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|mentior|t2=to lie]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains [[m|la|mentior]] as a verb made from [[itc-pro|*mn̥ti-]], the noun that became [[m|la|mēns|t=mind]], from [[ine-pro|*mn-ti-|t=thought, mind]];^(de Vaan 2008) “to lie” grew out of “to have second thoughts, be inventive”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|मति|tr=matí-|t=thought]] and [[lt|mintìs|t=thought, idea]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Amphitruo'': “all you said just now, you made it all up”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to give a false account of something, to make it up: Plautus has a man someone invented,^(OLD 2012) Cicero asks whether he is to pretend he is bound by a kindness, and says rhetoricians are allowed to invent in history.^(OLD 2012) Sallust and Livy use it too.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The participle ''ēmentītus'' is also passive, as Cicero's falsified auspices,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and Priscian lists it among the deponents used in both voices.^(TLL) It is also to assume an appearance falsely: Gellius has vices that put on a false likeness of the virtues.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin has “pretend, falsify”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of making up a story.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of pretending and of falsified auspices.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius, of vices feigning virtues.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give a false account of, [[m|en|falsify]], make up, [[m|en|invent]]; with accusative and infinitive, to pretend that.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To speak untruthfully, invent stories.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To assume falsely, [[m|en|feign]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(perfect participle, passive)'' Falsified.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mentior]]

+ * [[mēns]]

+ * [[mendācium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}