coniectus Latin · revision 33650

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *(H)ieh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔnˈjɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [konˈjɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coniectus''' ''m'' (genitive coniectūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conjectus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōniciō|-tus|t1=to throw together]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|cōniciō]] is a compound of [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|iaciō|t=to throw]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]] and [[ine-pro|*(H)ieh₁-|t=to throw, let go]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, let go, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it most often:^(Lewis & Short 1879) he asks how the throwing together of matter founded earth and sky and sea.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is the action of throwing: Cicero tells how his brother Quintus' house was broken by stones thrown from Cicero's site.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) ''Tēlī coniectus'' is the range of a missile, as in Livy's “before they came within range”.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius also uses it of a thrusting, of a throwing together, and concretely of a gathering of elements.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder's ''coniectus pugnae'' seems to be the joining of battle.^(OLD 2012) It is also the directing of the gaze or of the mind: Cicero says we show the emotions by the eyes, now by their glance, now by their brightness.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it is a contribution in kind or money levied on a region to keep the king and his agents when they travelled or campaigned.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of the gathering of matter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of stones thrown at a house and of the glance of the eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, ''tēlī coniectus'', range.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A levy for the king's sustenance.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|throw]], throwing;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''tēlī coniectus'', the [[m|en|range]] of a missile.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A thrusting.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A throwing together;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) concretely, a gathering, [[m|en|heap]], crowd.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The directing of the gaze or of the mind, a [[m|en|glance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A levy in kind or money for the king's sustenance.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coniectārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōniciō]]

+ * [[coniectūra]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The perfect passive participle of [[cōniciō]] has the same spelling, ''coniectus, -a, -um''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}