inibi Latin · revision 34602

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ibī}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inibi''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)

+ The final ''-i'' is short, as in [[ibi]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|ibī|t2=there]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|ibī]],^(de Vaan 2008) which he traces to [[itc-pro|*iþei]] or [[itc-pro|*ifei]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁i-dʰei]] or [[ine-pro|*h₁i-bʰei]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008) meaning “therein”: in the ''Persa'' someone should have a purse with a little help in it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL lists Plautus, Caecilius, Cato, Pacuvius, Afranius and Cicero as its earliest users;^(TLL) Gellius is fond of it, and Apuleius uses it often.^(TLL) Besides “there, in that place”, it was used of a writing (“in that book”), of a number (“among them”), of a point in time and of a respect (“in that connection”).^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) The phrase ''inibi esse'' meant that something was close at hand: in Caecilius one speaker, asked whether he is free, answers that he is not, but nearly, and Cicero hopes that something is ''inibi'' or already done.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval writers used it much in charters, of a place, a text and also of motion, “thither”.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) The TLL notes an Old Northern Italian continuant ''inve''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for “in it”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it in his work on farming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''inibi esse'' for something close at hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a point in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In that place, [[m|en|there]], therein; in that book.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Among them, in that number.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # At that moment, thereupon.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # In that respect, in that connection.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(in ''inibi esse'')'' To be close at hand, about to happen.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To that place, [[m|en|thither]].^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}