internecio Latin · revision 34282

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *neḱ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interneciō''' ''f'' (genitive interneciōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''interniciō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD analyses it as [[af|la|inter-|nex|-iō|t2=violent death]],^(OLD 2012) and the TLL likewise derives it from [[m|la|inter]] and [[m|la|nex]];^(TLL) Lewis and Short and Wiktionary take it from the verb [[m|la|internecō|t=to exterminate]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Priscian explained it as made from ⟨internectus⟩ with the ⟨t⟩ dropped for euphony.^(TLL) [[m|la|nex]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*nek-]] and [[ine-pro|*neḱ-s|t=death]], with cognates such as [[sa|नश्यति|tr=náśyati|t=to perish, disappear]] and [[grc|νεκρός|tr=nekrós|t=dead body]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler record it first in Lucilius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where it means total destruction: ''illud ad incita cum redit atque internecionem'', “when it comes to a standstill and extermination”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means total destruction of life, extermination, massacre.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With verbs of killing, ''ad internecionem'' means to the point of extermination: in the ''Bellum Africum'' cavalry is wiped out ''ad internecionem'', and Nepos speaks of wars fought to the death.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Accius uses it by metonymy for the cause of destruction, the brand on which Meleager's life depended.^(OLD 2012) In Ecclesiastical Latin it means carnage or massacre, with a variant ''internecium''.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of extermination.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of a cause of destruction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the massacre of citizens.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Total destruction of life, [[m|en|extermination]], [[m|en|massacre]], [[m|en|carnage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''ad internecionem'': to the point of extermination.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A cause of destruction.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[internecīda]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interneciēs]]

+ * [[internecium]]

+ * [[nex]]

+ * [[necō]]

+ * [[internecō]]

+ * [[perniciēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}