irretio Latin · revision 35891

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius (c. 180–102 BC)|origins=itc-pro *rēti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪrˈreː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [irˈrɛt.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''irrētiō''' (present infinitive irrētīre, perfect active irrētīvī or irrētiī, supine irrētītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|rēte|-iō|t1=in|t2=net]], “to get into a net”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The noun [[m|la|rēte]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*rēti-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ The manuscripts spell it with ⟨inr-⟩ and ⟨irr-⟩ indiscriminately.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first use, in Lucilius, is already figurative: ''sī laqueīs, manicīs, pedicīs mēns irrētīta est'', “if the mind is caught in snares, manacles and fetters”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The literal sense, to catch in a net or entangle, appears in Cicero, of a man hampered by his cloak,^(Conte 2010) and in Columella, of soil matted with roots as if netted.^(Lewis & Short 1879) More often the word is figurative: Cicero speaks of someone ensnared ''corruptēlārum illecebrīs'', “by the lures of corruption”, and of people caught in the snares of the Stoics' arguments.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Köbler's first author is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In Late Latin it also meant to hinder, as in Ammianus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ecclesiastical Latin uses it for “ensnare, trap, embarrass” and “punish”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a mind caught in snares.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it literally and figuratively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of soil entangled by roots.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus uses it for hindering one another.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To catch in a [[m|en|net]], [[m|en|entangle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To [[m|en|ensnare]], entrap (with temptations, arguments or difficulties).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To hinder, [[m|en|embarrass]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To punish.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}