interquiesco Latin · revision 34712

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la quiēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛr.kʷiˈeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.ter.kʷiˈɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interquiēscō''' (present infinitive interquiēscere, perfect active interquiēvī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|quiēscō|t2=to rest]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|quiēscō]] as a present built on the noun [[m|la|quiēs|t=rest]], on the model of verbs such as [[m|la|nōscō|alt=gnōscō]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest example is in Cato's ''De agri cultura'', in a remedy: ''bibe, interquiesce'', “drink, then rest a while”, before the next dose.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of pausing in speech: ''cum haec dixissem et paulum interquievissem'', “when I had said this and paused a little”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca applies it to pain that lets up for a time, and Pliny the Younger to lawsuits.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of resting between doses.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a pause in speaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of pain that eases.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To rest between periods of activity, rest a while.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|pause]], cease for a time (in speaking; of pain, activities).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}