remordeo Latin · revision 9391

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=la mordeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈmɔr.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈmɔr.de.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remordeō''' (present infinitive remordēre, perfect active remordī, supine remorsum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “back, again” and [[mordeō]] “to bite”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of something that gnaws at the mind.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Literally it was to bite back, bite in return, as in Horace, but it is mostly poetic and figurative: to vex persistently, to gnaw, nag, torment, as in Lucretius and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin ''remorsum'' “a biting back”, its neuter participle used as a noun, gave Old French ''remors'' and [[en|remorse]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''rimordere'' and French ''remordre''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of biting back.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''remorse'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bite back, bite in return.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|vex]], [[m|en|gnaw]] at, torment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remorsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admordeō]]

+ * [[ammordeō]]

+ * [[commordeō]]

+ * [[dēmordeō]]

+ * [[immordeō]]

+ * [[mordeō]]

+ * [[obmordeō]]

+ * [[praemordeō]]

+ * [[en|remorse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}