perscindo Latin · revision 34707

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *ski-n-d-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perscindō''' (present infinitive perscindere, perfect active perscidī, supine perscissum); third conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|scindō|t2=to split, tear]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) [[m|la|scindō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*ski-n-d-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ski-n-d-|t=to split, tear off]];^(de Vaan 2008) it is cognate with [[grc|σχίζω|tr=skhízō|t=to split]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the TLL record it first in Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) who uses it of the force of the wind breaking through a cloud and of sails torn by gusts.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lucretius also uses it of images that are torn apart unless they pass through straight openings.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Livy has it of a wind that tore and carried off everything as soldiers tried to pitch camp, and Seneca of fire tearing through clouds.^(TLL)

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+ In Late Latin the TLL notes a shift towards “destroy, overthrow”, especially in Verecundus, who uses it of synagogues destroyed at the time of the Chaldean siege.^(TLL) A version of the ''Visio Pauli'' uses it of cutting through lips and tongue.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of wind breaking through clouds.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a wind tearing everything apart.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of fire tearing clouds.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 552 AD – Verecundus uses it for “destroy”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To tear through, [[m|en|rip]] apart, [[m|en|split]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To [[m|en|destroy]].^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}