intercapedo Latin · revision 36464

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd century BC, Turpilius|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛr.kaˈpeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.ter.kaˈpɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intercapēdō''' ''f'' (genitive intercapēdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|capiō|-ēdō|t2=to take]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Wiktionary analyses it as [[m|la|inter-]] and [[m|la|capēdō]].^(Wiktionary) Priscian derived it from [[m|la|intercapiō]],^(TLL) and Festus explained it as time cut off, when there is a delay before something can be taken.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The comic poet Turpilius has it first, of a delay: ''intercapēdine interficior, dēsīderiō differor'', “I am killed by the delay, torn apart by longing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a break in continuity, an interruption or interval, and a delay or respite:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero speaks of a pause in writing and of relief from trouble, and Suetonius of an interruption of the courts.^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Apuleius on it is also used of space, a gap,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) the sense medieval Latin kept for distance.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ The TLL records the spelling ⟨intercapido⟩ in manuscripts of Tertullian and in glossaries.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd century BC – Turpilius uses it of a delay.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of an interruption of the courts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a gap in space.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A break in continuity, [[m|en|intermission]], [[m|en|interruption]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An interval, [[m|en|delay]], respite.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An interval of space, a [[m|en|gap]];^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''(Medieval Latin)'' distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[interruptiō]]: ''intercapēdō'' is a quiet, often kindly interruption of someone's business, ''interruptiō'' a violent one, while [[interpellātiō]] interrupts only a speech.^(Döderlein 1874) Lewis and Short note that in the nominative singular it was said to have an obscene sense, citing Cicero and Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}