insilio Latin · revision 36454

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsɪ.li.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsiː.li.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsiliō''' (present infinitive īnsilīre, perfect active īnsiluī or īnsilīvī or īnsiliī, supine īnsultum); fourth conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the spelling ''insuliō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Besides the perfect in ''-uī'', forms in ''-īvī'' and ''-iī'' occur, and Quadrigarius has the imperfect ''insilibat''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|saliō#1|t2=to leap, jump]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|saliō#1]] to [[itc-pro|*sal-je-|t=to jump]] and [[ine-pro|*sh2l-ie/o-]], but regards the reconstruction of the root as uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἅλλομαι|tr=hállomai|t=to jump]] and [[sga|saltraid|t=to trample]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Plautus on,^(TLL) whose ''Rudens'' has ''in scapham insiluimus'', “we jumped into the skiff”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to leap into or onto something, with ''in'' and the accusative, with the plain accusative or the dative, or absolutely:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucilius has someone leap on a man's head, Caesar soldiers leaping onto the enemy's phalanxes, Livy a man leaping onto his horse, and Horace a leap into Etna.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder says a vine shoot mounts the trellis, and Silius Italicus uses it of the sea.^(OLD 2012) Plautus jokes about leaping into the worst of torments, which Lewis and Short take as being crucified.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ From the sense of leaping on to attack, Apuleius has dogs springing at a man from all sides, and Statius has a goddess fall upon Thebes.^(OLD 2012) The frequentative [[īnsultō]] grew from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of jumping into a skiff.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of leaping on a man's head.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of soldiers leaping onto the phalanxes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a vine shoot climbing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|leap]] into or onto, jump on; to [[m|en|mount]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To spring at, leap on (to [[m|en|attack]]).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsultō]]

+ * [[insultūra]]

+ * [[īnsultus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēsiliō]]

+ * [[exsiliō]]

+ * [[saltus#1]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}