implecto Latin · revision 34717

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *pleḱ-t-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪmˈpɫɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [imˈplɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''implectō''' (present infinitive implectere, perfect active implexī, supine implexum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|plectō#1|t2=to plait, twine]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) also spelled ⟨inp-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|plectō#1]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*pleḱ-t-e/o-|t=to plait, twine]];^(de Vaan 2008) it is cognate with [[grc|πλέκω|tr=plékō|t=to braid, twine]].^(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 has the perfect participle of first-beginnings that are interwoven with one another.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb is used almost only in the perfect participle ''implexus'', “interlaced, intertwined”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short describe it as poetic and post-Augustan in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil writes of the Eumenides with dark-blue snakes twined in their hair (''caeruleos implexae crinibus angues''), and Pliny the Elder of serpents intertwined like wickerwork.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Figuratively Seneca speaks of a ''series implexa causarum'', an interwoven chain of causes,^(OLD 2012) and Tacitus of a widow ''implexa luctu continuo'', wrapped in unbroken grief.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Festus epitome glosses ''implexum'' as ''implicatum'', “entangled”,^(TLL) and Tertullian still uses it of flesh woven with sinews and veins.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses the participle of interwoven first-beginnings.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil writes of snakes twined in the Eumenides' hair.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca speaks of an interwoven chain of causes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a widow wrapped in grief.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of flesh woven with veins.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|interlace]], [[m|en|intertwine]], twist into or among (usually in the perfect participle).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|entangle]], involve; to link closely together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[implecticus]]

+ * [[implexio]]

+ * [[implexus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}