scitum Latin · revision 10036

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *skeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskiː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈʃiː.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scītum''' ''n'' (genitive scītī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have an ablative ''scītū'', as if from a fourth-declension noun.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of the participle of [[scīscō]] “to decree, vote for”, the inchoative of [[sciō]] “to know”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨sciō⟩ perhaps from a root “to cut, incise”, [[ine-pro|*skh₁-i-]], through “to distinguish, decide”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a resolution of a popular assembly, a decree, statute, especially in ''plēbis scītum'' “a resolution of the plebs” and ''populī scītum'' “a decree of the people”, as in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a law.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has ''plēbis scītum''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|decree]], resolution (of an assembly), [[m|en|statute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|law]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[plēbiscītum]]

+ * [[populiscitum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scīscō]]

+ * [[sciō]]

+ * [[en|plebiscite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}