dirimo Latin · revision 9476

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪ.rɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdiː.ri.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dirimō''' (present infinitive dirimere, perfect active dirēmī, supine dirēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[emō]] “to take”, in its old sense, with /s/ becoming /r/ between vowels (⟨*disemō⟩).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨emō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁em-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Lucretius and Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to pull apart, divide, as in Cicero's ''corpus quod dirimī nōn possit'' “a body that cannot be divided”; to separate from contact, remove, as in Lucretius; to separate two things from each other, as in Columella, and to sort votes; and to break up, interrupt, dissolve an activity or a relationship, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to nullify, dissolve, separate, interrupt, frustrate.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pull apart, divide.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To separate, remove.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To break up, interrupt, [[m|en|dissolve]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diremptiō]]

+ * [[diremptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[adimō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}