hodie Latin · revision 5590

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhɔ.di.eː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔː.di.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hodiē''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[hic|alt=hōc]] “this” and [[diēs]] “day”, “on this day”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The second part probably continues an old ablative *diēd.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xfa|foied|t=today]].^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore explains it the same way, as “as it were, on this day”.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) In Plautus a character hopes “to spend this day in style”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant today, as against [[crās]] “tomorrow” and [[herī]] “yesterday”, and then at the present time, nowadays.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In colloquial Latin it was also used without any time sense, to add emphasis, especially in negative threats, “ever”.^(OLD 2012) ''Hodiē māne'' was “this morning”.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its adjective is [[hodiernus]] “of today”.^(Wiktionary) It survives in [[it|oggi]], [[es|hoy]] and [[pt|hoje]], and in Old French ''hui''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus hopes to spend the day in style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore explains it as “on this day”.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|Today]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Nowadays, at present.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (emphatic, in threats) Ever, at all.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hodiernus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diēs]]

+ * [[hic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}