interscindo Latin · revision 34104

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la scindō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈskɪn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈʃin.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interscindō''' (present infinitive interscindere, perfect active interscidī, supine interscissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|scindō|t1=between|t2=to cut, tear]].^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan derives the simple verb from [[itc-pro|*ski-n-d-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ski-n-d-|t=to split, tear off]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL notes that manuscripts confuse it with [[m|la|intercīdō#2|t=to cut through]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero is the first to use it:^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) in the De legibus he mentions Cocles standing alone on the bridge, ''ut … pontem interscindi iuberet'', “so that he might order the bridge to be cut down”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Caesar uses it of breaking down a bridge and of cutting through a siege mound,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Tacitus of opening the veins of the arms.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Figuratively it is to separate: Livy says Chalcis is cut off by a narrow strait, and Seneca that an island is separated from Italy by a strait.^(OLD 2012) Seneca also says that the joy of those not yet perfect is interrupted,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Ammianus uses it of a river dividing regions.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of cutting down a bridge.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of bridges and siege works.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a strait separating Chalcis.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of interrupted joy.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus uses it of a river dividing regions.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cut through, [[m|en|sever]], break down (a bridge, a mound); to open (veins).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To cut short, [[m|en|interrupt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To separate, divide, cut off.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scindō]]

+ * [[intercīdō#2]]

+ * [[rescindō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}