intente Latin · revision 33415

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=3rd quarter of the 1st century BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *ten-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intentē''' (comparative intentius, superlative intentissimē)^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ Fronto has the comparative ''intensius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|intentus|-ē|t1=intent, attentive]],^(OLD 2012) from the participle of [[m|la|intendō|t=to stretch, direct]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists [[m|la|intendō]] among the compounds of [[m|la|tendō|t=to stretch]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*tend-]] and [[ine-pro|*ten-d(h)-|t=to stretch]], from the root [[ine-pro|*ten-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cornificius,^(Köbler 2010) that is, the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', where it means attentively.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its meanings are with close attention and with strain or vigour.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Livy uses the comparative of warning someone more urgently and preparing a war more energetically,^(Georges 1913) and Tacitus of pressing a siege harder.^(Georges 1913) Seneca writes that he has written more attentively than usual,^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Younger of delivering a speech with energy and insistence,^(Georges 1913) and Quintilian of being listened to intently.^(Georges 1913) The Vulgate has it of watching someone closely, Ammianus of looking more closely,^(Georges 1913) and Lampridius has the superlative ''intentissimē''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 3rd quarter of the 1st century BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Conte 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of urging and preparing more energetically.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of listening intently.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, of close watching.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With concentrated attention, attentively, [[m|en|intently]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # With effort or force, energetically, [[m|en|urgently]].^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intentus]]

+ * [[intendō]]

+ * [[tendō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}