distineo Latin · revision 9626

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtɪ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtiː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distineō''' (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|teneō|t2=to hold]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨teneō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*tenē-]], from [[ine-pro|*tn̥-eh₁-|t=to hold]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Caesar and Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC and Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to hold or keep apart, as of the beams of Caesar's bridge held apart by braces; to keep at a distance, hold off; to draw someone's attention in several directions, and to divert, distract, as in Sallust; and to hold up, interfere with the fulfilment of something, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to keep apart, separate, hold off.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of keeping apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of distracting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To hold or keep apart, [[m|en|separate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep at a distance, hold off.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw the attention in several directions; to [[m|en|distract]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hold up, interfere with the fulfilment of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[distentus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abstineō]]

+ * [[attineō]]

+ * [[circumteneō]]

+ * [[contineō]]

+ * [[dētineō]]

+ * [[obtineō]]

+ * [[pertineō]]

+ * [[retineō]]

+ * [[sustineō]]

+ * [[teneō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}