findo Latin · revision 5486

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɪn.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfin.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''findō''' (present infinitive findere, perfect active fidī, supine fissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*findō]], from the nasal present [[ine-pro|*bʰi-n-éd-|t=to split]] of the root *bʰeyd-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|भिनत्ति|tr=bhinátti|t=splits]], [[got|𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=beitan|t=to bite]] and [[en|bite]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero's translation of Aratus says that roots cannot split the earth.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to split apart or cleave, as ships' beaks cleave a hostile land in Virgil, and to cleave the sea or the air in sailing, swimming or flying.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to cut in two or divide, said of rivers and boundaries, and to open a path by splitting.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius speaks of the cloven hoof (''fissa ungula'').^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives in [[it|fendere]], [[fr|fendre]] and [[es|hender]].^(Wiktionary) Its derivatives [[fissūra]] and [[fissiō]] gave [[en|fissure]] about 1400 and [[en|fission]] in 1819.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius speaks of a cloven hoof.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''fissure'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1819 – English ''fission'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|split]], [[m|en|cleave]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To cleave (the sea, the air).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To divide, halve.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To open up (a path).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bifidus]]

+ * [[bifissus]]

+ * [[confindō]]

+ * [[dēfindō]]

+ * [[diffindō]]

+ * [[effindo]]

+ * [[fissiculō]]

+ * [[fissilis]]

+ * [[fissiō]]

+ * [[fissipēs]]

+ * [[fissum]]

+ * [[fissūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|fissure]]

+ * [[en|fission]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''findere'', splitting along a thing's natural grain, as when cleaving wood lengthways, from [[scindō|alt=scindere]], tearing apart by force.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}