neco Latin · revision 8320

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɛ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɛː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''necō''' (present infinitive necāre, perfect active necāvī, supine necātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Ennius and Phaedrus have the perfect ''necuit''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[nex]] “violent death”, from the root [[ine-pro|*neḱ-|t=to perish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is related to [[noceō]] “to harm” and [[noxius]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of killing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to put to death, kill, as in Plautus, and in Seneca to kill plants.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''interficere'' and ''perimere'' are the most general words for killing, and lists the more specific ones beside them.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to kill, slay.^(Stelten 1995) Its descendants narrowed to drowning, as Romanian ''îneca''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of killing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has the perfect ''necuit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|kill]], put to death.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To kill (plants).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēnecō]]

+ * [[internecō]]

+ * [[necātor]]

+ * [[necātrīx]]

+ * [[pernecō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nex]]

+ * [[noceō]]

+ * [[interficiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}