reticeo Latin · revision 31562

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la taceō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈtɪ.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈtiː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reticeō''' (present infinitive reticēre, perfect active reticuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|taceō|t2=to be silent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨taceō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*tak-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*tHk-eh₁-|t=to be silent]], cognate with [[xum|taçez|t=silent]] and [[got|𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|tr=þahan|t=to keep silent]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's verb ⟨taceō⟩ is attested from Naevius;^(de Vaan 2008) the OLD's earliest examples of ⟨reticeō⟩ are from Plautus, of a woman who keeps quiet when she sees something done wrong, and transitively: “whatever you do, I won't keep this quiet”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to keep silent, and with the dative to give no answer: in Livy a man said he would not keep silent before a private citizen.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of birds, a young nightingale and its teacher taking turns to sing and fall silent.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to leave something unsaid, keep it secret, from Plautus and Cicero on.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for be silent, keep secret, conceal.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of keeping silent and of keeping a secret.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – Livy with the dative, “to give no reply”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of nightingales.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep [[m|en|silent]]; of birds and instruments, to fall silent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with dative)'' To give no reply to.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To leave unsaid, keep [[m|en|secret]], conceal.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reticentia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conticeō]]

+ * [[conticesco]]

+ * [[obticeō]]

+ * [[taceō]]

+ * [[sileō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''silēre'', to be still, from ''tacēre'', not to speak;^(Döderlein 1874) ''reticēre'' is to keep to oneself what one has to say, the opposite of ''ēloquī'', while ''obticēre'' is not to answer someone who asks.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}