exinanio Latin · revision 33814

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=120–67 BC, Sisenna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛk.sɪˈnaː.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡ.ziˈnaː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exināniō''' (present infinitive exinānīre, perfect active exinānīvī or exināniī, supine exinānītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|inānis|-iō|t2=empty]],^(OLD 2012) or [[m|la|ex-]] with [[m|la|ināniō|t=to empty]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan finds no certain etymology for [[m|la|inānis]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first instance is in the historian Sisenna, ''exinānītīs castrīs'', of an emptied camp.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of houses emptied of their goods and fields laid waste by Verres.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius has it of a marshy site dug out, Seneca of draining the body by sweating, and Pliny the Elder of passing urine first.^(OLD 2012) Curtius uses it of weakening a battle line by stretching it.^(OLD 2012) In Christian Latin it has a mystical sense: the Vulgate says that Christ emptied himself, taking the form of a servant (Philippians 2:7).^(TLL) Stelten gives “empty, pour out, exhaust; raze, destroy utterly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna, of a camp emptied.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of houses stripped by Verres.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of draining the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, of Christ emptying himself.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|empty]], remove the contents of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drain, dry up; to [[m|en|weaken]], exhaust.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To strip (a place) of its contents, [[m|en|despoil]]; to strip (a person) of possessions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To get rid of by emptying or draining.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Of Christ, to empty himself in taking human form.^(TLL)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exinānītiō]]

+ * [[reexinanio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inānis]]

+ * [[ināniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}