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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la vītō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈwiː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈviː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēvītō''' (present infinitive dēvītāre, perfect active dēvītāvī, supine dēvītātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|vītō|t2=to avoid]], and Paulus' Festus explains it as “to avoid thoroughly”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) For [[m|la|vītō]] de Vaan prefers a link with [[m|la|invītus|t=unwilling]], from [[itc-pro|*wīto-|t=wanted]] and [[ine-pro|*uih₁-to-|t=wished for]], which requires that a simple ⟨*vītus⟩ was made back from ⟨*dē-vītus⟩ “avoiding”;^(de Vaan 2008) Walde and Hofmann had proposed ⟨*vi-itō⟩ “to go out of the way”, which he rejects.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Ennius and Plautus,^(TLL) who in the ''Rudens'' uses it of escaping the waves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to keep clear of things concrete or abstract: Terence has an evil, Lucretius death, Cicero a storm of the times and pain, and Horace a small fortune and a shameful defeat at the polls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes contracted perfect forms from Cicero on, and some manuscripts spell it ⟨di-⟩.^(TLL) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Stelten gives “avoid, shun”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of escaping waves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of avoiding an evil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of escaping death.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of avoiding pain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|avoid]], [[m|en|shun]], keep clear of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vītō]]

+ * [[ēvītō]]

+ * [[invītus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}