interutrasque Latin · revision 34493

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interutrāsque''' (adverb)^(VoLat 2018)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|uterque|t2=each of two]].^(OLD 2012) For its formation the OLD compares adverbs such as [[aliās]] and [[forās]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found only in Lucretius,^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) meaning “in between two extremes”, “midway”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The dictionaries cite it from three passages of Lucretius.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Jeanneau 2017) In one of them an animal is said to stand midway between stags and fierce lions: ''interutrasque sitast cervos saevosque leones''.^(Jeanneau 2017) No later author is cited for it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(VoLat 2018)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it for a position midway between two extremes.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In [[m|en|between]] two extremes, [[m|en|midway]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(VoLat 2018)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The references differ: Gaffiot cites Lucretius 2.518 and 5.472, Conte 2.518 and 3.306, and Jeanneau all three.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Jeanneau 2017)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}