dicio Latin · revision 31470

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diciō''' ''f'' (genitive diciōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is found only in the oblique cases of the singular, with one plural in Prudentius;^(Lewis & Short 1879) the spelling ''ditio'' is less correct.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed with the suffix [[m|la|-iō]] from the root ⟨dic-⟩ of [[dīcō|t=to say]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives the verb from [[itc-pro|*deik-e/o-|t=to say]] and [[ine-pro|*deiḱ-e/o-|t=to show]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL compares [[dicis]], [[dictātor]] and [[condiciō]].^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first author is Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) where the defeated enemy surrender themselves, their city and their children “into the dominion and judgement” of the Theban people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a political and military term for dominion, sovereignty or sway, as in Caesar's states brought into the power of the Roman people and Livy's surrender of everything into Roman hands.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of private persons it is authority or control, as Plautus' “I give my ears into your control” and Pliny the Younger's children in their parents' power.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “domination, power, control, jurisdiction”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin ''fiscī diciōnēs'' is the fisc as a corporate body.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of surrender into someone's power.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a man's will and control.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of states brought under Roman rule.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of surrender into Roman control.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|dominion|alt=Dominion]], [[m|en|sovereignty]], sway.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Authority, power or control of private persons.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Jurisdiction.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''fiscī diciōnēs'': the fisc as a corporate body.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[condiciō]]

+ * [[iūdex]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}