circumcido Latin · revision 9247
16 Oct 2026, 18:06 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)” current version
Initial text
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=la caedō}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪr.kʊŋˈkiː.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃir.kun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.do]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''circumcīdō''' (present infinitive circumcīdere, perfect active circumcīdī, supine circumcīsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Lucretius writes it as two words, ''circum caesīs''.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[circum-]] “around” and [[caedō]] “to cut”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Lucretius, who writes it as two words, and Varro.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cut round, make an incision round, as in Caesar, and in Celsus to clip.^(OLD 2012) It was originally an agricultural word, as in Cicero's “the farmer's art, which cuts back and prunes”, and Lucretius used it for pruning off, and Varro for curtailing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)
+
+ Its participle ''circumcīsus'', in the sense “cut off the foreskin”, gave [[en|circumcise]] in the mid-13th century, partly through Old French ''circoncisier''.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of pruning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of cutting round.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-13th century – English ''circumcise'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To cut round.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To clip, prune.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To curtail.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|circumcise]].^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[circumcīdāneus]]
+ * [[circumcīsīcius]]
+ * [[circumcīsiō]]
+ * [[circumcīsor]]
+ * [[circumcīsūra]]
+ * [[incircumcīsus]]
+ * [[circumcīsē]]
+ * [[circumcīsōrium]]
+ * [[circumcīsus]]
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abscīdō]]
+ * [[accīdō]]
+ * [[caedō]]
+ * [[concīdō]]
+ * [[dēcīdō]]
+ * [[discīdō]]
+ * [[excīdō]]
+ * [[incīdō]]
+ * [[intercīdō]]
+ * [[occīdō]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}