abitus Latin · revision 33659

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ei-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''abitus''' ''m'' (genitive abitūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|abeō|-tus|t1=to go away]], a fourth-declension noun of action.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|abeō]] is a compound of [[m|la|ab-]] and [[m|la|eō#1|t=to go]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ei-|t=to go]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ei-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whom someone has had more grief from a husband's departure than pleasure from his arrival.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a going away or departure, as in Terence, Lucretius, Cicero and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Concretely it is a way out, an exit:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has every exit ringed with guards, and Tacitus has wagons placed round to block the ways out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In late and medieval texts it can mean departure from life, death.^(TLL)^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin has it as departure.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a husband's departure.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of a departure.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of a way out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of blocked exits.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-8th century – The ''Life of Eligius''.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A going away, [[m|en|departure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A way out, [[m|en|exit]], outlet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Late and Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|decease|alt=Decease]], death.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abitiō]]

+ * [[abeō]]

+ * [[aditus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}