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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la iūdicō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [juː.dɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ju.diˈkat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''iūdicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive iūdicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ An inscription has ''ioudicātiō''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|iūdicō|-tiō|t1=to judge]], from [[iūdex]] “judge”, a compound of [[iūs]] “law” and [[dīcō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨iūs⟩ “law” as Proto-Italic ⟨*jowos⟩ with ⟨*jowes-dik-⟩ “judge”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of the point at issue.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In rhetoric it was the point at issue, the question for the judge to decide, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero; generally a judging, the forming of an opinion, appraisal; and in Ulpian the power of deciding a case at law.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means judgment, opinion.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a sentence and a judicial district.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''judication'' (1620s) is from it.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of judging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of jurisdiction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The power of deciding a case.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The point at issue.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A judging, [[m|en|judgement]], appraisal.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|sentence]]; a judicial district.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[iūdicō]]
+ * [[iūdex]]
+ * [[iūdicium]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}