infodio Latin · revision 34149

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la fodiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈfɔ.di.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɱˈfɔː.di.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfodiō''' (present infinitive īnfodere, perfect active īnfōdī, supine īnfossum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|fodiō|t1=in, into|t2=to dig]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|fodiō]] to [[itc-pro|*foþ-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*bhodh-i-|t=to poke, dig]];^(de Vaan 2008) the verb is cognate with [[hit|padda-i|t=to dig]] and [[lt|bèsti|t=to stick, drive in, dig]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest quotation in the OLD is from Cato's book on farming, of cut vine prunings to be buried on the spot: ''sarmenta … concidito minute et ibidem … infodito''.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to put in the earth, to bury or inter.^(OLD 2012) Caesar uses it of stakes sunk into the ground,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Varro of religious objects buried after Numa's death,^(Georges 1913) and Virgil of seed and of the bodies of the dead: ''corpora multa virum terrae infodiunt'', “they bury many bodies of men in the earth”.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL finds it from Cato on, and in poetry from Virgil on.^(TLL) Pliny the Elder uses it of jewels made to sink into the body through pierced ears,^(OLD 2012) and Silius Italicus and Statius of things driven deep into the body.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) It also means to produce a hole by digging or to dig a site, in Columella and Grattius.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The Vulgate and Augustine use it of burying things and money.^(Georges 1913) French ''enfouir'' continues it.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of burying vine prunings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of stakes sunk in the ground.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of burying the dead.^(Conte 2010)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of digging a hole.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of jewels sunk into the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put in the earth, [[m|en|bury]], [[m|en|inter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To cause (a weapon or the like) to sink in.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To produce (a hole) by digging; to [[m|en|excavate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[infossio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fodiō]]

+ * [[effodiō]]

+ * [[dēfodiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}