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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Vulgate|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [a.dɪnˈwɛ.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.diɱˈvɛː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''adinveniō''' (present infinitive adinvenīre, perfect active adinvēnī, supine adinventum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ad-|inveniō|t2=to find, invent]], with ⟨ad-⟩ as an intensive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ⟨inveniō⟩ is from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|veniō|t=to come]]; de Vaan traces ⟨veniō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷn̥-je/o-|t=to come]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-ye/o-|t=to come]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short cite the Vulgate, the Digest and Servius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to find out, devise, invent, and in the OLD to devise or invent in addition.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to find, come upon.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To devise, [[m|en|invent]] (in addition); to find out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[inveniō]]
+ * [[veniō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}