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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Caesar|origins=ine-pro *weyk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēvincō''' (present infinitive dēvincere, perfect active dēvīcī, supine dēvictum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|vincō|t2=to conquer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vincō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wink-|t=to tie, bind; overcome]], [[ine-pro|*wi-n-k-|t=to bend, tie]], cognate with [[sga|fichid|t=fights]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Caesar and Cicero, and call it classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to conquer completely, defeat decisively, subdue, as of Gaul and Germany in Caesar, Capua and the Carthaginians in Cicero, and kings in Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to subdue, conquer.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of Gaul and Germany.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|defeat]] decisively, [[m|en|subdue]], conquer completely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vincō]]

+ * [[ēvincō]]

+ * [[convincō]]

+ * [[victor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short list ''vincō'', ''superō'', ''fundō'', ''fugō'', ''prōflīgō'', ''subigō'' and ''domō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}