liquefacio Latin · revision 9679

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=la liqueō, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [lɪ.kʷɛˈfa.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [li.kʷeˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''liquefaciō''' (present infinitive liquefacere, perfect active liquefēcī, supine liquefactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive^(Wiktionary)

+ The passive is ''liquefīō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The second syllable is usually short, but long in Catullus, Lucretius and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[liqueō]] “to be liquid” and [[faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨liqueō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*(w)likʷ-ē-|t=to be liquid]], probably the old stative of the root of [[līquī]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Lucretius and Cicero, who uses it of melting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make liquid, melt, dissolve, as in Cicero, Virgil and Pliny; and figuratively to make a melody clear and sweet, of songs played on the Pierian lyre.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short also give the sense to weaken, enervate.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to melt, dissolve, make liquid.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|melt]], [[m|en|dissolve]], make liquid.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make a [[m|en|melody]] clear and sweet.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[colliquefaciō]]

+ * [[illiquefactus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[liqueō]]

+ * [[liquidus]]

+ * [[liquor]]

+ * [[faciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}