neo Latin · revision 5839

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *(s)neh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neō''' (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*(s)nē(je)-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(s)neh₁-|t=to spin]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|νῆν|tr=nên|t=to spin]] and [[m|grc|νήθω|tr=nḗthō]], [[mga|sníid|t=spins]], [[cy|nyddu|t=to spin]], [[lv|snāt|t=to twist loosely]] and [[goh|nāen|t=to sew]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan cannot decide whether Latin continues the root present or a derivative in *-ie/o-, perhaps shared with Celtic.^(de Vaan 2008) [[nervus]] “sinew” and [[natrix]] “water snake” are related.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who speaks of spinning a fine weft.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to spin fibre or thread, and to produce a fabric by spinning, as Virgil's tunic that a mother had spun with soft gold.^(OLD 2012) The Fates spin the threads of life, as Ovid's fatal goddesses who spun strong threads.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of intertwining.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus speaks of spinning a weft.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil describes a tunic spun with gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid speaks of the Fates spinning.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|spin]] (fibre or thread).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To produce (a fabric) by spinning, (of the Fates) to spin a destiny.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To intertwine.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nēmen]]

+ * [[netus]]

+ * [[perneō]]

+ * [[reneō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[natrix]]

+ * [[nervus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is distinct from the Boeotian name ''Neō'' in Livy.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}