interniteo Latin · revision 34333

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century AD, Curtius|origins=la niteō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈnɪ.te.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈniː.te.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interniteō''' (present infinitive internitēre, perfect active internituī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|niteō|t2=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains [[m|la|niteō]] most easily from a lost participle [[m|la|*nitos|t=made bright, shining]], but knows no Indo-European verbal root that fits its form and meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Curtius is the first to use it,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) of stars glimpsed through the forest: ''etiam si qua sidera internitebant'', “even where stars shone through here and there”, trees covered with continuous foliage kept them from being seen.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Curtius uses it several times: of whatever light shone through the clouds before it was put out by darkness, of the brightness of the sky now shining through and now hidden, of the gleam of weapons, and of gems glittering on a yoke.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Elder uses it of emeralds that shine out of the uncovered earth,^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) and Solinus of a stone whose centre gleams like the pupil of an eye.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses it of stars, light and gems shining through.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of emeralds.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * first half of the 3rd century AD – Solinus uses it of a gleaming stone.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|shine]] through or among; to [[m|en|gleam]] here and there, at intervals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[niteō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}