obiaceo Latin · revision 36089

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la iaciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔbˈja.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈjaː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obiaceō''' (present infinitive obiacēre, perfect active obiacuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ⟨objaceō⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|iaceō|t1=before, against|t2=to lie]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|iaciō|t=to throw]] and explains [[m|la|iaceō]] as its stative counterpart, “to be thrown down”, hence “to lie”; [[m|la|iaciō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]] and to the present [[ine-pro|*(H)ih₁-k-|t=to throw, let go]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008) in a tragic line about going to the Acheron, where the treasures of Death lie.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to lie before or near something:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy has stones lying at the soldiers' feet, and in geography Mela, Columella, Pliny the Elder and Tacitus use it of lands and islands lying opposite or near, as Egypt lies to the south.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Paulus' epitome of Festus glosses the perfect as having lain before.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It also meant to lie in the way: Livy has a heap of baggage blocking the soldiers, and Tacitus the river Po in the way of an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Seneca uses it figuratively of lowliness and disgrace that hide virtue, and in his ''Oedipus'' of lofty power that lies exposed to Fortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Lewis and Short note that it is mostly post-Augustan and not in Cicero or Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it in a tragedy of the treasures of Death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of baggage lying in the way.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela uses it of lands lying opposite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of power exposed to Fortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of Egypt and of the Po.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie near or at hand;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (in [[m|en|topography]]) to lie near or opposite (to).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To lie in the way, [[m|en|obstruct]], block the path (of).^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To lie [[m|en|exposed]] (to), be at the mercy (of).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iaceō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

+ * [[adiaceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}