discedo
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Pronunciation
Forms
discēdō (present infinitive discēdere, perfect active discessī, supine discessum); third conjugation[1] Plautus has the shortened perfect discestī.[2][3]
Etymology
It is from dis- “apart” and cēdō “to go”.[2][1]
Earliest recorded meaning
The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of going away.[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.[4]
Semantic evolution
In Cicero it meant to part company, disperse, as a decree of the Senate ordering the clubs to disband, and in Lucretius to be split up.[2][5] In Plautus it meant to go away, withdraw, and in Terence to come away in a certain state, as victor discēdere “to come off the winner”.[2][5] In Varro things move away or come apart, and in Cicero it meant to give up an occupation.[2]
In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to depart, deviate, leave.[6]
Timeline
- c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of going away.[2][4]
- 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of coming off in a certain state.[2][4]
- 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dispersing.[2][4]
Meanings
Verb
- To part, disperse; to be split up.[2]
- To go away, depart; to come off (winner, loser).[2]
- To move away, come apart.[2]
- To leave off, give up.[2]
Word family
- discessiō
- discessus
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
- ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson