insectatio Latin · revision 33637

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsectātiō''' ''f'' (genitive īnsectātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts sometimes confuse it with ''īnsecūtiō''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnsector|-tiō|t1=to pursue, harry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists [[m|la|īnsector]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|sequor|t=to follow]],^(de Vaan 2008) which he traces to [[itc-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow]] and [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|सचते|tr=sácate|t=to follow]], [[grc|ἕπομαι|tr=hépomai|t=to follow]] and [[lt|sèkti|t=to follow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in a letter of Brutus to Cicero and in Livy;^(TLL) Brutus complains of the insolence of men and their railing against him, ''tanta est hominum insolentia et nostri insectatio''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is hostile pursuit, as in Livy's getting troops across without disorder or pursuit by the enemy.^(OLD 2012) More often it is pursuit with hostile policy or words, a verbal attack, censure or railing:^(OLD 2012) Livy speaks of attacks on the leading men, and Seneca asks what need there is of abuse or of attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is classical but not in Cicero or Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Juvencus uses it in dactylic verse.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of pursuit by the enemy and of attacks on leading men.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of verbal attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 325 AD – Juvencus, in verse.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Hostile [[m|en|pursuit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A verbal attack, [[m|en|criticism]], [[m|en|censure]], railing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnsector]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[īnsequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}