inscendo Latin · revision 35892

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus (c. 250–184 BC)|origins=ine-pro *skend-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈskɛn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in̠ʲˈʃɛn.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnscendō''' (present infinitive īnscendere, perfect active īnscendī, supine īnscensum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|scandō|t1=in, on|t2=to climb]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|scandō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*skand-e/o-|t=to ascend]] and [[ine-pro|*skend-|t=to jump up, ascend]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Manuscripts sometimes spell it with ⟨-ind-⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) who has ''īnscendam aliquam in arborem'', “I'll climb up some tree”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it is already used for getting into a chariot and, without an object, for going on board a ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cato uses it with ''suprā'', Cicero of mounting a burning pyre,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Suetonius of mounting a horse;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius says of Bucephalus that he let no one but the king mount him.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius uses it of male animals covering the female.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Döderlein counts it, with ''ascendere'' and ''cōnscendere'', among the verbs for mounting a height in general, without the effort that [[m|la|scandō]] implies.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for climbing a tree, mounting a chariot and embarking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it with ''suprā''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of mounting a pyre.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of mounting a horse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of animals mating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|climb]] up on or into.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|mount]] (a horse, a chariot); to go on board, [[m|en|embark]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(of male animals)'' To mount, [[m|en|cover]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inscensiō]]

+ * [[inscensus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}