investio Latin · revision 7802

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la vestis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''investiō''' (present infinitive investīre, perfect active investīvī, supine investītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “in, on” and [[vestiō]] “to clothe”, from [[vestis]] “garment”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL dates it from Ennius, who has ''scrūpeō investīta saxō'' “clad in rough rock”.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to clothe, cover, deck, adorn, a word Lewis and Short call very rare, and in Maecenas, quoted by Seneca, to surround a hearth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Köbler records Medieval Latin use in a source of 1060–1070.^(Köbler 2010) It survives in Romanian ''învești'', and Italian ''investire'' and Spanish ''embestir'' are borrowings.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[en|invest]] came in the late 14th century, “to clothe in the robes of an office”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of clothing in rock.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca quotes Maecenas using it of surrounding a hearth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1060–1070 – A medieval source uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''invest'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To clothe, cover, adorn; to surround.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vestiō]]

+ * [[vestis]]

+ * [[en|invest]]

+ * [[en|investiture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}