intentus Latin · revision 8184

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Sallust|origins=la tendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛn.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛn.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intentus''' (feminine intenta, neuter intentum, comparative intentior, superlative intentissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Statius has ''intens-''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[intendō]] “to stretch, direct”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Sallust, of the earnest.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Sallust 86–34 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant intent, with the mind keenly occupied, as in Virgil, and in Sallust earnest, serious; in Celsus of conditions intense, of action strenuous.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant attentive, waiting eagerly, intent, intense.^(Stelten 1995) The fourth-declension noun ''intentus'' meant a stretching out, and Medieval Latin used it for an intention, a claim, and an accusation.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''intento'', and Old French ''entente'' gave [[en|entente]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The adjective gave [[en|intent]] “attentive” in the late 14th century, and the noun [[en|intent]] “purpose” in the early 13th.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of the earnest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the intent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''intent'' “purpose” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Intent]], attentive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Earnest, serious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Intense; strenuous.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intentiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intendo]]

+ * [[en|intent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}