aegresco Latin · revision 36898

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la aeger}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aegrēscō''' (present infinitive aegrēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an inchoative, [[af|la|aegreō|-scō|t1=to be sick]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) and that verb is derived from [[m|la|aeger|t=sick]].^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) The grammarian Charisius already gave it as an inchoative made from the adjective, noting that such verbs from nouns have no perfect.^(TLL) De Vaan traces the adjective to [[itc-pro|*aigro-]] and [[ine-pro|*h2eig-ro-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Lucretius on,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of falling [[m|en|ill]] (''morbīs aegrēscimus īsdem'', “we fall sick of the same diseases”) and of the mind falling sick.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Pliny the Elder writes that ravens fall sick for sixty days.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of a state of mind that grows worse: Turnus' violence is aggravated by the attempt to heal it (''aegrēscitque medendō'').^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Statius uses it of mental distress and of fretting at good fortune,^(OLD 2012) and Tacitus of someone made ill by long anxiety.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In Late Latin it was used of the soul (Lactantius), of plants and fruit trees, and often by Ennodius and Macrobius of patients.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of falling sick, in body and mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of passion growing worse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of mental distress.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of the soul.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To suffer mental distress; to [[m|en|fret]], be dissatisfied.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Of feelings: to grow worse, be [[m|en|aggravate|alt=aggravated]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aeger]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}