haereo Latin · revision 4770

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhae̯.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''haereō''' (present infinitive haerēre, perfect active haesī, supine haesum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*χais-ē-]], with /r/ from older /s/, as the perfect [[m|la|haesī]] shows, but the root is unknown.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The comparison with [[lt|gaĩšti|t=to linger]], made by Walde–Hofmann and Pokorny and in the Oxford Latin Dictionary, is rejected by Fraenkel.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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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 stick, cling or adhere, of persons to hold on tightly, to join on, and to attach oneself to someone.^(OLD 2012) Ennius speaks of wickedness sticking in a body.^(OLD 2012) It was to fix the eyes or mind on something, as in Virgil, to remain or linger, to be held up, as a tongue stuck with fear in Terence, to be at a loss, and to stop dead.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts [[pendeō]], to hang.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Its frequentative [[haesitō]] and the compounds [[adhaereō]] and [[cohaereō]] gave English ''hesitate'' and ''adhere''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of being at a loss.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of wickedness clinging to a body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''adhere'' is recorded, from ''adhaerēre''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stick, [[m|en|cling]], [[m|en|adhere]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To hold on tightly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be joined (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To attach oneself (to a person).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be fixed (in the eyes or mind).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To remain, linger; to persist.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be held up, stuck; to be at a loss, [[m|en|hesitate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stop dead.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adhaereō]]

+ * [[cohaereō]]

+ * [[haerescō]]

+ * [[haesitō]]

+ * [[inhaereō]]

+ * [[obhaereō]]

+ * [[subhaereo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[haesitābundus]]

+ * [[haesitantia]]

+ * [[haesitātiō]]

+ * [[haesitātor]]

+ * [[en|adhere]]

+ * [[en|hesitate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}