deditio Latin · revision 30900

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la dē, ine-pro *deh₃-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēditiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēditiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dēdō|-tiō|t1=to give up, surrender]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[m|la|dē-]] with [[m|la|dō|t=to give]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*deh₃-|t=to give]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the surrender of soldiers, a town or possessions, capitulation, common in the historians, Curtius has ''dēditiō suī'', “surrender of oneself”, and Tacitus the plural, surrenders of cohorts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law it is the cession of a right or title, and ''noxae dēditiō'' the handing over of a slave or animal to make good the damage it caused.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “surrender, giving up, capitulation”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is also homage.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of surrendering oneself.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of surrenders of cohorts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|surrender]], [[m|en|capitulation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(law)'' The cession of a right, ''noxae dēditiō'', the surrender of a thing for the damage it caused.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|homage|alt=Homage]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēditīcius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēdō]]

+ * [[dō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}