tradux Latin · revision 10059

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtraː.dʊks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtraː.duks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trādux''' ''m'' (genitive trāducis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[trādūcō]] “to lead across”, from [[trāns]] and [[dūcō]] “to lead”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨dūcō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*douk-e-]], from [[ine-pro|*dewk-e/o-|t=to draw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro, and Gaffiot cites his ''Rēs rūsticae''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A farming word, it meant a vine branch trained across from one tree to another in a vineyard, a layer for propagation, as in Varro, Columella and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant transmission, tradition, and Medieval Latin used it for the hereditary transmission of original sin.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for what is passed on to later generations.^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian ''tralcio'' “vine shoot”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A vine branch trained across, a [[m|en|layer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Transmission, [[m|en|tradition]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trādūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[en|traducianism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}