adiaceo Latin · revision 9216

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Caesar|origins=la iaceō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [adˈja.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈjaː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adiaceō''' (present infinitive adiacēre, perfect active adiacuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[iaceō]] “to lie”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Caesar, of lands bordering on others, and Caesar has ''ad Aduatucōs adiacēre'' “to border on the Aduatuci”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lie beside or near, as in Tacitus, and of places to be contiguous, adjacent, as in Caesar; in poetry it meant to live near.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is most often used of geographical position.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''aggiacere''.^(Wiktionary) Its present participle ''adiacēns'' gave [[en|adjacent]] in the early 15th century, “contiguous, bordering”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of bordering lands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of lying near.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie beside or near.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To border on, be [[m|en|adjacent]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adiacentia]]

+ * [[adiacēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circumiaceō]]

+ * [[iaceō]]

+ * [[interiaceō]]

+ * [[obiaceō]]

+ * [[praeiaceō]]

+ * [[subiaceō]]

+ * [[subteriaceō]]

+ * [[superiaceō]]

+ * [[en|adjacent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}