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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛ.rɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛː.ri.mo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''interimō''' (present infinitive interimere, perfect active interēmī, supine interēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''interemō''; supine ''interēmptum'' or ''interēmtum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[inter-]] and [[emō]] “to take”, “to take away from among”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) 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 Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cut off from life, kill, as in Plautus and Virgil, and to put an end to, destroy, abolish a state or practice, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to kill, slay, destroy, annihilate.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of killing.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|kill]], slay.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To destroy, abolish.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[interemptibilis]]
+ * [[interemptio]]
+ * [[interēmptor]]
+ * [[interēmptrīx]]
+ * [[interemptus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[emō]]
+ * [[perimō]]
+ * [[adimō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}