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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la sciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ascīscō''' (present infinitive ascīscere, perfect active ascīvī, supine ascītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adscīscō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The perfect is always ''ascīvī'' in early and classical Latin, never ''ascīī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|scīscō|t=to approve, decree]], the inchoative of [[m|la|sciō|t=to know]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨sciō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*skije-|t=to know]], probably a back-formation from [[m|la|nesciō]], and connects it, as “to distinguish, decide”, with [[ine-pro|*skh₁-i-|t=to incise]], cognate with [[grc|σχάω|tr=skháō|t=to slit open]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest examples in the OLD are Lucretius, of men who “take harsh masters”, and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to take a person to oneself as an ally or associate, as Hirtius' exiles from every city, to admit to citizenship or rank, to adopt into a family, to take as a ruler and to engage for pay, as Livy's Lucanian youths hired for money.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to adopt laws or practices from others, as Cicero's laws “which the Latins wanted, they adopted”, and Ovid uses it of importing food.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It is to approve of a course of action or recognize something as such, and with a reflexive dative to claim for oneself or arrogate, as Cicero's “I have never spoken of myself boastfully to win praise”;^(OLD 2012) Statius has it for bringing a fate on oneself.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “receive, approve”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of taking masters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of adopting laws and claiming praise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of hiring men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take to oneself, admit (as an ally, citizen, member); to [[m|en|adopt]]; to engage, hire.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To adopt (a law, practice) from others; to import.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To approve of; to recognize as.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with reflexive dative)'' To claim, [[m|en|arrogate]] to oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring upon oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnscīscō]]

+ * [[dēscīscō]]

+ * [[perscīscō]]

+ * [[rescīscō]]

+ * [[scīscō]]

+ * [[sciō]]

+ * [[adoptō]]

+ * [[assūmō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}