denseo Latin · revision 33237

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *d(ē̆)ns-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdẽː.se.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdɛn.se.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Lucretius has the passive infinitive ''dēnsērier''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Charisius gives a perfect ''dēnsī''.^(TLL)

+ Manuscripts often confuse it with ''dēnsō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēnsus|-eō|t1=thick]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|dēnsus]] to [[ine-pro|*d(ē̆)ns-o-|t=thick]] and dates this verb from Lucretius, beside [[m|la|dēnsō]], found from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucretius has it first,^(de Vaan 2008) saying that air can be condensed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to thicken or condense: Lucretius has heat that weaves clouds over the blue, Virgil darkness thickening with the night, and Ovid a sky made thick by a spell and a comb that closes up a loose weave.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It is to crowd together: Virgil has columns massed on the plains, Sallust a front strengthened with reserves, and Calpurnius a pine wood thick with foliage.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It is also to make things come thick and fast: Virgil has spears hurled one after another, Horace the funerals of old and young crowding together, and Tacitus blows struck fast.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Macrobius has a body made dense by natural cold, and Ammianus a close wall of shields.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of condensing air.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of strengthening a front.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of darkness and crowded columns.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of funerals crowding together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of rapid blows.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|thicken]], [[m|en|condense]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|crowd]] or press together.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make come thick and fast, [[m|en|multiply]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[addēnseō]]

+ * [[condēnseō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēnsō]]

+ * [[dēnsus]]

+ * [[condēnsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}