deditus Latin · revision 31364

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēditus''' (feminine dēdita, neuter dēditum, superlative dēditissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[m|la|dēdō|t=to give up, surrender]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) The verb is from [[m|la|dē-|t=away]] and [[m|la|dō|t=to give]], which de Vaan derives from [[ine-pro|*deh₃-|t=to give]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who calls Crassus too devoted to the equestrian order, in the ''Brutus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is devoted or attached to a person or group, and given over to an activity, as Cicero's men given to frivolous love affairs; of an activity it is directed to one thing, as Cicero's constant practice devoted to a single subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It takes a dative, ''in'' with the ablative, or an adverb.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The TLL records the phrase ''dēditā operā'', “deliberately, on purpose”, which Festus explains as “very much given”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of devotion to the equestrian order.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Devoted, [[m|en|attached|alt=attached]], fond (of a person).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Given over (to an activity), [[m|en|addicted]]; directed (to).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''dēditā operā'', deliberately, on purpose.^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēdō]]

+ * [[dō]]

+ * [[dēditiō]]

+ * [[dēditīcius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}