circumicio Latin · revision 9640

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *Hyeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪr.kʊˈmɪ.ki.oː], [kɪr.kʊmˈjɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃir.kuˈmiː.t͡ʃi.o], [t͡ʃir.kumˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circumiciō''' (present infinitive circumicere, perfect active circumiēcī, supine circumiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''circumiiciō'' and ''circumiaciō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circum-|iaciō|t1=around|t2=to throw]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨iaciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]], from [[ine-pro|*Hyeh₁-|t=to throw, let go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of placing or throwing something round.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to throw or place round, as in Varro; as a military term to post troops round; and to surround, envelop, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its participle ''circumiectus'' means lying around, surrounding, as in Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To throw or place round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(military)'' To post troops round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|surround]], envelop.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumiectiō]]

+ * [[circumiectus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abiciō]]

+ * [[adiciō]]

+ * [[cōniciō]]

+ * [[dēiciō]]

+ * [[disiciō]]

+ * [[ēiciō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

+ * [[iniciō]]

+ * [[intericiō]]

+ * [[obiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}