circumsisto Latin · revision 9689

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *steh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪr.kũːˈsɪs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃir.kumˈsis.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circumsistō''' (present infinitive circumsistere, perfect active circumstetī or circumstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Its perfect is ''circumstetī'' (rarely ''circumstitī''), shared with ''circumstō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circum-|sistō|t1=around|t2=to stand, set]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sistō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sista/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*sti-sth₂-|t=to put up, make stand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus' ''Asinaria''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to gather or stand round, crowd round, surround, as in Plautus, Caesar and Virgil, and in Apuleius to be on either side in degree.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to surround.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To gather or stand round, crowd round, [[m|en|surround]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be on either side (in degree).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sistō]]

+ * [[circumstō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}