heri Latin · revision 5876

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *ǵʰdi-es}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhɛ.riː], [ˈhɛ.rɪ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.ri]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*χes-i]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ǵʰdi-es|t=yesterday]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|ह्यस्|tr=hyás]], [[grc|χθές|tr=khthés]], [[sq|dje]], [[sga|indé]] and, with a suffix *-tero-, [[ang|giestron]] and [[got|𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃|tr=gistradagis|t=tomorrow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The older form [[m|la|here]] continues *-si, and ''heri'' is explained by iambic shortening of *herī, a locative like [[domī]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan mentions a suggestion that the form was originally *ǵʰ-di-es “on that day”, with a pronoun stem and the genitive of the word for “day”.^(de Vaan 2008) [[hesternus]] “of yesterday” has the same suffix as the Germanic words.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant “yesterday”, as Cicero's ''herī vesperī'' “yesterday evening”, and loosely “lately”, as Tertullian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) Quintilian says that in ''here'' neither /e/ nor /i/ was clearly heard, and that he found ''here'' in the old comic poets and in Augustus' own letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in [[it|ieri]], [[fr|hier]] and [[es|ayer]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has both ''here'' and ''herī''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian discusses the spelling ''here''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

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

+ # Lately, recently.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hesternus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hic]]

+ * [[en|yesterday]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}