adicio

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Etymology

adicii +‎ -o

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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: a‧di‧ci‧o

Noun

adicio (accusative singular adicion, plural adicioj, accusative plural adiciojn)

  1. addition (act of adding)
    La signo de la adicio estas plus ().
    The addition sign is plus ().

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ iaciō (I throw, hurl).

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Verb

adiciō (present infinitive adicere, perfect active adiēcī, supine adiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to throw, hurl, cast or fling an object to, towards, or at
  2. to direct one's mind, eye or attention to, turn to
    adicere animum ad aliquid (or alicui rei)to turn the mind towards something
    adicere animosinspire the courage
  3. to attach, insert; apply, assign; add, increase, add to; intensify
  4. (in auctions) to add to a bid, outbid
  5. to add (as a proviso); add to something that has already been said
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
      Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
      The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
  6. (grammar, with dative) to modify (another word)
    • 4th century CE, Donatus, Ars Minor :
      Adverbium quid est? Pars ōrātiōnis, quae adiecta verbō significātiōnem eius explānat atque implet.
      What is an adverb? It is the part-of-speech that, modifying a verb, explains and fulfills its meaning.
    • c. 500 CE, Priscian, Institutiones 17:
      Inde inventae sunt etiam adiectīvae positiōnēs, ut cōnsequentia nōminibus commūnibus vel propriīs compleantur, ut equō albus vel fortis, Platōnī vērō sapiēns uel bonus adicitur.

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  • English: adject

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, § V. and note 32, pages 154-55

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