devenio Latin · revision 9291

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈwɛ.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈvɛː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēveniō''' (present infinitive dēvenīre, perfect active dēvēnī, supine dēventum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] “from, down” and [[veniō]] “to come”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨veniō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-yé-|t=to come]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livius Andronicus, of arriving.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to come to a destination, arrive, as in Livius Andronicus, and to land, fall into a situation, as in Plautus, and Cicero has ''in victōris manūs dēvenīre'' “to fall into the victor's hands”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant to have recourse to an expedient, to turn to someone for help.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to arrive at, reach.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''devenir'', Italian ''divenire'' and Romanian ''deveni''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 3rd century BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of falling into a situation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come, [[m|en|arrive]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fall into (a situation).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To have recourse to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[veniō]]

+ * [[conveniō]]

+ * [[ēveniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}