inhio Latin · revision 34033

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵhh1i-eh2-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inhiō''' (present infinitive inhiāre, perfect active inhiāvī, supine inhiātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|hiō|t2=to gape]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|hiō]] to [[itc-pro|*χi-ā-]] and [[ine-pro|*ǵhh1i-eh2-|t=to gape, be wide open]], comparing [[lt|žióti|t=to open one's mouth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the ''Trinummus'' of a wolf that grew hungrier and gaped more eagerly, and in the ''Aulularia'' of gaping at gold to devour it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to open the mouth, especially for food, and so to gape at something in astonishment: Porcius Licinus has Terence hang open-mouthed on the divine voice of Africanus, and Virgil an open-mouthed Cerberus and people gaping with astonished minds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to gaze intently at or pore over, as Scylla gazing on Minos in the ''Ciris''.^(OLD 2012) From the start it means to be greedy for, to covet.^(OLD 2012) Manuscripts often spell it ''iniō''.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it long for, gape after.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a gaping wolf and of coveting gold.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of gaping Cerberus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To open the mouth wide, [[m|en|gape]]; to gape in astonishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To gaze at intently, pore over.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To long for, [[m|en|covet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inhiātiō]]

+ * [[inhianter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hio|alt=hiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}