sino Latin · revision 4830

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *tḱey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsiː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sinō''' (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī or siī, supine situm); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The Twelve Tables and early poets have perfect subjunctives ''sīrīs'', ''sīrit''.^(de Vaan 2008) The perfect is ''sīvī'' or ''siī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sine/o-|t=to put in place]], [[inh|ine-pro|*tḱei-|t=to settle, build]].^(de Vaan 2008) The participle [[situs]] “placed” and the compound [[pōnō]] keep the old sense “to put down”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cognate with [[sa|क्षेति|tr=kṣéti|t=dwells]] and [[grc|κτίζω|tr=ktízō|t=to found, build]].^(de Vaan 2008) The Oxford Latin Dictionary compares [[grc|ἐάω|tr=eáō|t=to let]] instead.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Twelve Tables use it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates the Twelve Tables c. 450 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Georges and Gaffiot say that the first sense, “to set down”, survives only in ''situs'' and ''pōnō''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a verb it was to leave alone or let be, to let something pass, ''sine'' “never mind!”, to leave in a state, and to allow or permit, also with an infinitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Its compound [[dēsinō]] “to cease” was common.^(de Vaan 2008) English ''site'' comes from ''situs''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables use ''sīrit''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''siit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''site'' is recorded, from ''situs''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To leave alone, let be; to leave untouched.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To let pass, ''sine'', never mind!^(OLD 2012)

+ # To leave (in a state).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To let, [[m|en|permit]], [[m|en|allow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To put, lay, set down.^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[absitus]]

+ * [[assitus]]

+ * [[circumsitus]]

+ * [[dēsinō]]

+ * [[dissitus]]

+ * [[prōsitus]]

+ * [[situs]]

+ * [[subsitus]]

+ * [[pōnō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|site]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}