revincio Latin · revision 34007

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la vinciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈwɪŋ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈvin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''revinciō''' (present infinitive revincīre, perfect active revīnxī, supine revīnctum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|vinciō|t1=back, again|t2=to bind, fasten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius' ''Annals'', of a heart bound with iron.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to bind back or behind, to bind fast;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid has Andromeda bound, Caesar anchors held fast by iron chains instead of ropes, and Ovid a girdle tied to the top of a doorpost.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius uses it of the earth bound to the sky.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With an ablative it means to fasten round or gird with something, as Ennius' heart girt with iron.^(OLD 2012) In one passage of Columella it apparently means the opposite, to unbind someone.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "bind, tie back" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of a heart bound with iron.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the earth bound to the sky.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of anchors fastened with chains.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of Andromeda bound.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella, apparently of unbinding.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bind]] back or behind; to tie down, hold fast, [[m|en|fetter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with ablative)'' To fasten round, gird, wreathe with.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(apparently)'' To unbind, free from fetters.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[revīnctus]]

+ * [[vīnctiō]]

+ * [[vīnctor]]

+ * [[vīnctūra]]

+ * [[vīnctus]]

+ * [[vinculō]]

+ * [[vinculum]]

+ * [[vinciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}