exaedifico Latin · revision 35930

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la aedificō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛk.sae̯ˈdɪ.fɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡ.zeˈdiː.fi.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exaedificō''' (present infinitive exaedificāre, perfect active exaedificāvī, supine exaedificātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written ''exedificō''.^(TLL)^(MLW)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|aedificō|t2=to build]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The simple verb is formed from [[m|la|aedēs|t=temple; house]] with ⟨-ficō⟩, “make”;^(OLD 2012) de Vaan traces that noun to [[itc-pro|*aiþ-|t=fireplace]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂(e)idʰ-|t=burning]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) who uses it in the ''Mostellaria'' of a house that has been built very well indeed (''exaedificātās insānum bene'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its sense is to carry a building through to completion, to build up or erect: Cicero speaks of a house that his correspondent had already measured out and built in his mind, Caesar of a town that Labienus had built at his own expense, and Sallust of houses and villas.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy, Curtius and Pliny the Elder use it of camps, ships and roofs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it means to complete a work: Cicero asks someone not to mind finishing the work he has begun, and Plautus jokes about someone “completing” the laziness he has begun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus also plays on [[m|la|aedēs]] with “to turn out of the house” (''exaedificāvisset mē ex hīs aedibus'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Ecclesiastical and medieval Latin kept the sense “to build, erect”, for instance of churches.^(Stelten 1995)^(MLW)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of building a house and, jokingly, for turning someone out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it literally and figuratively.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a town built at someone's expense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of houses and villas.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To finish building, build up, [[m|en|construct]], [[m|en|erect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To complete (a work).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(humorous)'' To turn out of doors.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exaedificātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}