elido Latin · revision 9978

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la laedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈliː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈliː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēlīdō''' (present infinitive ēlīdere, perfect active ēlīsī, supine ēlīsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|laedō|t2=to strike, hurt]], with the vowel weakened in composition.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan finds no secure etymology for ⟨laedō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus, of crushing and of knocking out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to break thoroughly, crush, smash, and to knock out, eject, both in Plautus, as of a charioteer thrown from a chariot in Cicero; and in Lucretius to force out, emit with violence, as of liquids, air or flames.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In grammar it meant to suppress a vowel, elide.^(Etymonline)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to throw open, cast or dash down.^(Stelten 1995) English ''elide'' (1590s) is from it through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of crushing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1590s – English ''elide'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|crush]], smash, [[m|en|shatter]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To knock out, [[m|en|eject]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To force out, emit violently.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(grammar)'' To [[m|en|elide]] (a vowel).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēlīsiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laedō]]

+ * [[collīdō]]

+ * [[en|elide]]

+ * [[en|elision]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}