affingo Latin · revision 9911

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [afˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [afˈfiŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''affingō''' (present infinitive affingere, perfect active affīnxī, supine affictum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adfingō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|fingō|t1=to|t2=to shape, invent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fingō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*finge/o-|t=to knead, form]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰi-n-ǵʰ-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Lucretius and Varro.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC and Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make and add, attach, add by way of embellishment, as in Varro; to connect, associate with, as in Cicero; to make false additions to a report, embellish, as in Cicero's ''affingere et addere''; to attribute or impute unsuitably, as in Cicero; and in Apuleius to simulate, counterfeit, forge a letter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of adding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of forging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make and add, attach.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To connect, associate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To add falsely, [[m|en|embellish]] (a report).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|impute]], attribute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To simulate; to [[m|en|forge]] (a letter).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[afficticius]]

+ * [[adfictus]]

+ * [[affictus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circumfingō]]

+ * [[cōnfingō]]

+ * [[dēfingō]]

+ * [[diffingō]]

+ * [[effingō]]

+ * [[fingō]]

+ * [[refingō]]

+ * [[fictus]]

+ * [[figūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}