finitimus Latin · revision 9272

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la fīnis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fiːˈnɪ.tɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fiˈniː.ti.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fīnitimus''' (feminine fīnitima, neuter fīnitimum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The older spelling is ''fīnitumus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fīnis]] “boundary” with the suffix [[-timus]], from Proto-Indo-European ⟨*-(t)m̥mos⟩, as in [[maritimus]] and [[lēgitimus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC, and the OLD's earliest citation is from it, “closely allied, kindred”.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant situated on the boundary, neighbouring, adjacent, of places in Cicero, and of wars involving neighbouring peoples.^(OLD 2012) Surveyors used it of boundaries, and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of what is closely allied, kindred.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give ''vīcīnus'' and ''cōnfīnis'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for neighbouring, and as a noun for a neighbour.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Bordering, [[m|en|neighbouring]], adjacent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of neighbouring peoples.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Marking a boundary.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Kindred, closely allied.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fīnitima]]

+ * [[fīnitimī]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fīnālis]]

+ * [[fīniēns]]

+ * [[fīniō]]

+ * [[fīnis]]

+ * [[fīnītiō]]

+ * [[fīnītīvus]]

+ * [[fīnītor]]

+ * [[fīnītus]]

+ * [[vīcīnus]]

+ * [[maritimus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}