vieo Latin · revision 5177

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *weh₁y-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwi.e.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈviː.e.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vieō''' (present infinitive viēre, supine viētum); second conjugation, no perfect stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*wijeje/o-|t=to plait]], [[inh|ine-pro|*u̯h₁i-éie-|t=to plait]], from [[ine-pro|*weh₁y-|t=to twist, twine]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|व्ययति|tr=vyáyati|t=winds, wraps]], [[grc|ἴτυς|tr=ítus|t=felloe, rim]], [[lt|výti|t=to twist]] and [[cu|вити|tr=viti|t=to twist]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008) quoted by Varro: “the soft ones went to weave a wreath for Venus”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to bend or twist into basketwork, to plait or weave, and Varro glosses ''viēre'' as ''vincīre'' “to bind”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it ante-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It had no perfect.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Its family includes [[vīmen]] “a pliant twig for wickerwork”, [[viētor]] “basket-maker” and [[vitta]] “headband”, and perhaps [[viēscō]] “to shrivel”, through ''viētus'' “woven, wrinkled”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of weaving a wreath.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro explains it as “to bind”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bend, twist; to plait, [[m|en|weave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīmen]]

+ * [[vitta]]

+ * [[en|wire]]

+ * [[en|withy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}