attingo Latin · revision 8398

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *teh₂g-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [atˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈtiŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''attingō''' (present infinitive attingere, perfect active attigī, supine attāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Accius have the old subjunctive ''attigās''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[tangō]] “to touch”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨tangō⟩ to the nasal present [[ine-pro|*th₂-n-g-|t=to touch]], cognate with [[got|𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽|tr=tekan|t=to touch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of touching, and Plautus has ''aliquem digitō attingere'' “to touch someone with a finger”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to touch, to lay a finger on someone, and to put one's finger on a point, all in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to adjoin, to reach a place, to take up an activity, to move or affect, to attain an aim, and to be related by blood; in Virgil it meant to reach as far as.^(OLD 2012) Plautus also used it for mentioning briefly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''attingere'', Romanian ''atinge'' and Spanish ''atañer'', and through Old French ''ataindre'' it gave [[en|attain]] about 1300, first “to succeed in reaching”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of attaining.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''attain'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|touch]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To adjoin; to reach.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take up, engage in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To touch on, mention.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To affect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|attain]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be related to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[attāctus]]

+ * [[attiguus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contingō]]

+ * [[obtingō]]

+ * [[pertingō]]

+ * [[tangō]]

+ * [[en|attain]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}