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+ {{homograph|1|sow apart}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *seh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.sɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.se.ro]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''disserō''' (present infinitive disserere, perfect active dissēvī, supine dissitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ This verb is [[af|la|dis-|serō|t2=to sow, plant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨serō⟩ “to sow” as Proto-Italic ⟨*si-se/o-⟩, [[ine-pro|*si-sh₁-e/o-|t=to sow]], cognate with [[lt|sėti|t=to sow]] and [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽|tr=saian|t=to sow]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Varro, of planting out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to sow or plant at intervals, plant out, as in Varro, and in Apuleius to separate, part.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of separating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|sow]] or plant at intervals, plant out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To [[m|en|separate]], part.^(OLD 2012)
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+ {{homograph|2|discuss}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ser-}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.sɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.se.ro]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''disserō''' (present infinitive disserere, perfect active disseruī, supine dissertum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Its participle survives mainly as the adjective ''disertus'' “eloquent”, ''dissertus'' appears first in Jerome.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This verb is [[af|la|dis-|serō|t2=to join, link]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨serō⟩ “to link” as [[itc-pro|*sere/o-]], [[ine-pro|*ser-e/o-|t=to thread, tie together]], cognate with Oscan ⟨aserum⟩ and [[grc|εἴρω|tr=eírō|t=to string together]].^(de Vaan 2008) Gaffiot explains the sense as linking ideas and arguments in a chain.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation for discussing is Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to set out in words, treat of, discuss, argue, expound, as in Cicero, and in Columella to arrange, dispose, as of hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to discuss, dispute, explain, expound.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of discussion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of arranging hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To arrange, set in order.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|discuss]], [[m|en|expound]], treat of.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[disertus]]
+ * [[dissertō]]
+ * [[dissertātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[serō]]
+ * [[cōnserō]]
+ * [[īnserō]]
+ * [[sermō]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ A third ''disserō'', ''disserāre'' “to unbar”, from ''sera'' “bolt”, is quoted from Terentianus Maurus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}