nanciscor Latin · revision 5266

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂neḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [naŋˈkiːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [nan̠ʲˈt͡ʃis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nancīscor''' (present infinitive nancīscī or nancīscier, perfect active nactus sum or nānctus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nank-(i-)]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂n-n-ḱ-|t=to reach]], a nasal present of the root [[ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-|t=to reach]], with the inchoative suffix [[m|la|-scor]] added to an older present [[nanciō|alt=nancior]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The participle ⟨nactus⟩ continues *h₂nḱ-to-, and the form ⟨nānctus⟩ is later.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|ro·ánaic|t=has reached]], [[sa|अश्नोति|tr=aśnóti|t=reaches, attains]] and [[ang|ġenōg|t=enough]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a character promise to share the booty he has got with the others.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) An older ''nanciō'' is found in the Twelve Tables.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to gain possession of, acquire or get, often by chance or without effort, and to obtain abstract things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius says bad men often gain virtue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant to get a wife or husband, to arrive at or reach a place, to come across or find something, and to meet with an experience.^(OLD 2012) By extension it meant to have by birth or nature, and to catch an illness.^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its root is also that of Old English ''ġenōg'', the source of [[en|enough]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables have the older present ''nanciō''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of getting booty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius says bad men often gain virtue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of reaching Sicily.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To get, [[m|en|acquire]], obtain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get (a spouse).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To arrive at, [[m|en|reach]] (a place).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To come across, find.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To meet with, experience; to catch (an illness).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To have by birth or nature.^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nanciō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|enough]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}