redigo Latin · revision 30912

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la re-, ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛ.dɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛː.di.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''redigō''' (present infinitive redigere, perfect active redēgī, supine redāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|re-|agō|t1=back|t2=to drive]], with the form ⟨red-⟩ of the prefix before a vowel.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agō]] to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]], cognate with [[osc|acum|t=to act]] and [[grc|ἄγω|tr=ágō|t=to lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Amphitruo'': Jupiter will bring Alcmena back (''rediget'') into her old harmony with her husband.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to drive back, as Varro's bulls driven back into the herd, to repel an enemy, to move a camp back, and in the jurists to gather in crops.^(OLD 2012) It is to bring back or restore, and Terence has ''in memoriam redigere'', to recall.^(OLD 2012) It is to reduce a substance to another form, and Cicero speaks of bringing the scattered civil law into a system.^(OLD 2012) Cato uses it of narrowing a kiln; with money it is to realize a sum by selling (Cicero) or to pay it in.^(OLD 2012) Above all it is to bring someone into a condition, to reduce: Plautus' wives who reduce their husbands to slavery by their spending.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “reduce, drive back” and also “treat with contempt”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''redact'' (late 14th century) comes from its participle ''redāctus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of restoring and of reducing to slavery.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of narrowing a kiln.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of recalling to mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of realizing money and bringing law into a system.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|redact]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To drive or bring back; to [[m|en|repel]]; to gather in (crops).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|restore]], ''in memoriam redigere'', to recall.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To convert, reduce (to another form or a system).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To reduce, bring down (in size or number).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To realize (money by selling); to pay in.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring (into a condition), [[m|en|reduce]] (to).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[redāctus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[en|redact]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}