inhaereo Latin · revision 9767

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=itc-pro *xais-ē-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪˈnae̯.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iˈnɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inhaereō''' (present infinitive inhaerēre, perfect active inhaesī, supine inhaesum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|haereō|t1=in|t2=to stick]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨haereō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*xais-ē-]] and finds no credible further etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Usually with a dative, it meant to be firmly attached, stick, cling, adhere, as in Cicero; of a person, to hold on tightly, as in Virgil; to stay close to someone as a companion, or press hard on an enemy, as in Ovid; to be stuck fast; of abstract things, to be inherent in, connected with, as in Ovid and Cicero; and of persons, to be absorbed in something.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to adhere to, inhere, cling.^(Stelten 1995) English ''inhere'' (1580s, “to exist in, belong to the nature of”) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of being inherent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''inhere'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stick, cling, [[m|en|adhere]] to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hold on tightly; to stay close (to someone); to press hard (on an enemy).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be stuck fast.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of abstract things)'' To be [[m|en|inherent]] in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be absorbed (in something).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inhaerēscō]]

+ * [[inhaesiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adhaereō]]

+ * [[cohaereō]]

+ * [[haereō]]

+ * [[en|inhere]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}