coitus Latin · revision 9930

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈko.ɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.i.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coitus''' ''m'' (genitive coitūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|coeō|-tus|t1=to come together]], from [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|eō|t=to go]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨eō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ei-|t=to go]], [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Lucretius, of physical union.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a uniting, as of atoms in Lucretius; sexual intercourse, as in Ovid; a meeting, encounter, and a gathering or set of people, as in Seneca; and in Celsus the closing of a vein.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The OLD notes that it is not always distinguishable from [[coetus]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a coming together, an astronomical conjunction, and sexual intercourse.^(DMLBS) English ''coitus'' (1848) is a scientific use of it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of physical union.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a meeting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1848 – English ''coitus'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A coming together, meeting.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Physical union.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Sexual [[m|en|intercourse]], [[m|en|coitus]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A gathering, assembly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, astronomy)'' A [[m|en|conjunction]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coeō]]

+ * [[coetus]]

+ * [[eō]]

+ * [[en|coitus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}