intromitto Latin · revision 9544

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la intrō, la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.troːˈmɪt.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.troˈmit.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intrōmittō''' (present infinitive intrōmittere, perfect active intrōmīsī, supine intrōmissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also written ''intrō mittō'', and Plautus has the passive infinitive ''intrōmittier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[intrō]] “inwards” and [[mittō]] “to send”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of letting someone in.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to let in, admit, as in Plautus, and to send or put in, introduce, as in Varro, Caesar, Livy and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to send into, cause to enter.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Portuguese ''intrometer'' and Spanish ''entrometerse'', and English borrowed it as ''intromit''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of putting in.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To let in, [[m|en|admit]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To send in, put in, introduce.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[intrō]]

+ * [[immittō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}