inaresco Latin · revision 36757

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la āreō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪ.naːˈreːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [i.naˈrɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inārēscō''' (present infinitive inārēscere, perfect active ināruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|ārēscō|t2=to become dry]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) the inchoative of [[m|la|āreō|t=to be dry]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*ās-ē-|t=to be dry]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eh₁s-eh₁-|t=to be dry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Varro's ''De re rustica'', of figs that have dried: ''cum inaruerunt fici''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Vitruvius uses it of plasterwork drying,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Celsus of medicines,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Columella of hay, of fruit that dries before it ripens and of plaster.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Pliny the Elder has it of mud drying in the sun and of springs that dry up entirely in winter,^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) and, with a dative, of something drying on another thing.^(Conte 2010) Quintilian observes that nothing dries more quickly than tears: ''nihil facilius quam lacrimas inarescere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Pliny the Younger uses it figuratively, of generosity that dries up through excessive lavishness.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) In Palladius it is used of olives spread out to dry in the sun.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of figs that have dried.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of plasterwork drying.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of medicines.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of mud, springs and leaves.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian says that nothing dries faster than tears.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of the 4th or beginning of the 5th century AD – Palladius uses it of olives drying in the sun.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become [[m|en|dry]], dry up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(with dative)'' To dry in or on something.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To dry up, be [[m|en|exhausted]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The manuscripts often confuse it with the simple verb [[ārēscō]] and with [[marcēscō]] “wither”.^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}