accessus Latin · revision 7755

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accessus''' ''m'' (genitive accessūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[accēdō]] “to approach” with the suffix of action nouns [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) It is also spelled ⟨adcessus⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Varro, of a way in, and Cicero, of approach.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant approach, arrival, visit, as Cicero's night approach to the city, of heavenly bodies, and of the tide flowing in, as opposed to ''recessus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant an approach to a task, a right of audience, and in Seneca a method of attack.^(OLD 2012) From Varro it meant a way in, access, and in Vitruvius a boarding bridge.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant the onset of fever, and an addition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant approach, access, increase, inspection.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an appurtenance, and British Medieval Latin for the flood tide and an attack.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) Old French ''acces'' gave [[en|access]] in the early 14th century, first “an attack of fever”, and Late Latin ''accessibilis'' gave [[en|accessible]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a way in.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of approach and of the tide.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the onset of fever.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''access'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Approach, arrival; the flowing in of the tide.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An attack.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A right of audience.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A way in, [[m|en|access]]; a boarding bridge.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The onset of fever.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An addition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accēdō]]

+ * [[en|access]]

+ * [[en|accessible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}