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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *deh₃-}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōditiō''' ''f'' (genitive prōditiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prōdō|-tiō|t1=to put forth; to betray]], from [[m|la|prō-]] and [[dō]] “to give, put”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨dō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*di-déh₃-|t=to give]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Cato, of a right of deferment, and Köbler's earliest source is Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Cato it meant the right of deferment, an extension of time; from Cicero it meant treacherous abandonment of a cause, betrayal, treason, treachery; and in Pliny a revealing, disclosure of secrets.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means betraying, betrayal, treason, treachery.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an attempt on a man's life, a premeditated surprise attack.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of deferment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of betrayal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of disclosure.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A deferment, extension.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|betrayal|alt=Betrayal]], [[m|en|treason]], [[m|en|treachery]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A disclosure (of secrets).^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A surprise attack.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abitiō]]
+ * [[ambitiō]]
+ * [[circumitiō]]
+ * [[cōitiō]]
+ * [[interitiō]]
+ * [[praeteritiō]]
+ * [[rēditiō]]
+ * [[sēditiō]]
+ * [[transitiō]]
+ * [[prōdō]]
+ * [[prōditor]]
+ * [[dō]]
+ * [[trāditiō]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ A late ''prōditiō'' from ''prōdeō'' “to come forth”, an appearance or a sally, is found in Macrobius and Sidonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}