valedico Latin · revision 10055

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Seneca|origins=la valē, la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [wa.ɫɛˈdiː.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [va.leˈdiː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''valedīcō''' (present infinitive valedīcere, perfect active valedīxī, supine valedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

+ More often written as two words, ''valē dīcō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[valē]] “farewell”, the imperative of [[valeō]] “to be well”, and [[dīcō]] “to say”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨valeō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wal-ē-]], [[ine-pro|*h₂ulh₁-éh₁-|t=to be strong]], and compares Oscan ⟨ϝαλε⟩ “farewell”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Seneca's letters, ''valedīcere alicuī'' “to say goodbye to someone”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to say goodbye, bid farewell, as in Seneca, and Lewis & Short note that it is more often written separately.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives as Italian ''valedicere'', and English ''valedict'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To say goodbye, bid [[m|en|farewell]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[valē]]

+ * [[valeō]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}