haesito Latin · revision 9561

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la haereō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhae̯.sɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.s̬i.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''haesitō''' (present infinitive haesitāre, perfect active haesitāvī, supine haesitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[haereō]] “to stick, cling”, formed with [[-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*χais-ē-]] for ⟨haereō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of sticking fast.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stick, be held fast, as in Terence, a rare literal sense; to move falteringly; and above all to be stuck, at a loss, undecided, hesitate, as in Cicero's orator who never hesitated for not knowing what anger is, and to be in doubt, as in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar has ''haesitantēs mīlitēs'' “soldiers at a loss”, and it was also used of stammering.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to hesitate, doubt, be perplexed, waver, stagger.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''haesitātus'' gave [[en|hesitate]] in the 1620s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of sticking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1620s – English ''hesitate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stick fast.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To move falteringly; to [[m|en|stammer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

+ # To be at a loss, [[m|en|hesitate]], be in doubt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[haesitābundus]]

+ * [[haesitantia]]

+ * [[haesitātiō]]

+ * [[haesitātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[haereō]]

+ * [[haerēscō]]

+ * [[en|hesitate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}