misceo Latin · revision 4722

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *meyḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɪs.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmiʃ.ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''misceō''' (present infinitive miscēre, perfect active miscuī, supine mixtum or mistum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription from Praeneste has the imperative ''misc''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The participle is also written ''mistum''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*mik-sk-e/o-|t=to mix]], [[inh|ine-pro|*miḱ-sk-e/o-]], an inchoative present of [[ine-pro|*meyḱ-|t=to mix]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Why it belongs to the second conjugation is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sga|mescaid|t=mixes]], [[sa|मेक्षयति|tr=mekṣáyati|t=stirs]], [[grc|μίσγω|tr=mísgō|t=to mix]], [[lt|miešiù|t=I mix]] and [[ang|miscian|t=to mix]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to mix or blend, as Horace mixes Surrentine wine with Falernian lees, to concoct by mixing, to entwine, and to bring people together.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was to unite or share, and to throw into confusion or stir up trouble, as in ''caelum ac terrās miscēre'' “to turn everything upside down”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ It survives as [[it|mescere]], [[es|mecer]], [[pt|mexer]] and [[ro|mește]].^(Wiktionary) English ''mix'' is a back-formation from Middle English ''myxte'', from the participle ''mixtus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses the noun [[mixtūra]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''mix'' is recorded, from Middle English ''myxte'' “mingled”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|mix]], [[m|en|blend]], mingle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To compound, concoct.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To entwine, interlock.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring together (people); to unite, combine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To throw into confusion, stir up.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admisceō]]

+ * [[commisceō]]

+ * [[immisceō]]

+ * [[immixtus]]

+ * [[intermisceō]]

+ * [[mixtārius]]

+ * [[mixtim]]

+ * [[mixtiō]]

+ * [[mixtūra]]

+ * [[obmisceō]]

+ * [[permisceō]]

+ * [[praemistus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|mix]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}