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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtriː.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtriː.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''intrīcō''' (present infinitive intrīcāre, perfect active intrīcāvī, supine intrīcātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[in-]] and [[tricae|alt=trīcae]] “trifles, perplexities” with the verbal suffix [[-o|alt=-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The TLL compares [[extrico|alt=extrīcō]] and [[tricor|alt=trīcor]].^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus, in the Persa, has a slave promise to deliver the pimp entangled.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus about 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to entangle in a snare, to involve in difficulties or embarrass, and to entangle affairs, and Lewis & Short call it mostly ante- and post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius quotes Cicero saying that Chrysippus entangles himself in this way.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The jurist Ulpian uses it of encumbering a slave's ''peculium''.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ It lives on in [[it|intricare]] and [[it|intrigare]] and in [[es|intrincar]].^(Wiktionary) English took ''intricate'' from its participle in the early 15th century, and ''intrigue'' through French and Italian ''intrigare'' in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of entangling a pimp.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Chrysippus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of encumbering a ''peculium''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''intricate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1610s – English ''intrigue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|entangle]], perplex, [[m|en|embarrass]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To entangle (affairs); to encumber.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|intricate]]
+ * [[en|intrigue]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}