incerno Latin · revision 9700

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈkɛr.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛr.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incernō''' (present infinitive incernere, perfect active incrēvī, supine incrētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|cernō|t2=to sift, discern]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨cernō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*krin-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*kr-n-i-|t=to sift, separate]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Cato's ''Dē agrī cultūrā'', of sifting earth on with a sieve (''terram cribrō'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to sprinkle on with a sieve, sift on, and to besprinkle, cover with something sifted, as in Cato and Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sift]] on, sprinkle on with a [[m|en|sieve]]; to besprinkle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incerniculum]]

+ * [[superincernō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cernō]]

+ * [[crībrum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}