mixtura Latin · revision 7907

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la misceō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mɪkˈstuː.ra], [mɪkˈstuː.raː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [mikˈstuː.ra], [mikˈstuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mixtūra''' ''f'' (genitive mixtūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[misceō]] “to mix”, participle ⟨mixtus⟩, with the suffix [[-ūra]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) It is also spelled ⟨mistūra⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Lucretius, whom he dates 96–55 BC, and Gaffiot cites Lucretius for mixing.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant mixing, mingling, a manner of mixing, as in Lucretius, Pliny the Elder and Quintilian, and in Seneca an admixture.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Petronius it meant blending, combining, and in Columella a mixture, compound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for an alloy and for maslin, mixed grain.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''mistura'' and Spanish ''mestura'', and Old French ''misture'' with the Latin gave [[en|mixture]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of mixing.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a compound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of composition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''mixture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Mixing, mingling; admixture.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Blending, combining.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|mixture]], compound.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|alloy]]; mixed grain.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[misceō]]

+ * [[mixtus]]

+ * [[en|mixture]]

+ * [[en|mix]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}