digero Latin · revision 31917

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato the Elder|origins=ine-pro *h₂ǵ-es-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdiː.ɡɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdiː.d͡ʒe.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīgerō''' (present infinitive dīgerere, perfect active dīgessī, supine dīgestum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Glosses also have the spelling ''degero''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|gerō|t2=to carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|gerō]] to [[itc-pro|*ges-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ǵ-es-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Cato the Elder, in the sense to plant out.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense is to set out or dispose, of tablets read and arranged by Cicero and of plants set out in rows; in a non-material sense it is to arrange, organize or classify, and to enumerate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that the literal sense, to force apart, separate or divide, is mostly post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means to scatter or disperse, as Seneca's moon dispersing shadows, and to distribute, as Ovid's punishment one man deserved spread over all.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medicine it is to distribute food through the body, to digest, in Celsus, Pliny the Elder and Quintilian, and to dissipate morbid matter.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “digest, arrange”.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle gave Late Latin ''digesta'', the name of Justinian's law code, and English ''digest'' (late 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato the Elder of planting out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of the digestion of food.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|digest]], first of Justinian's law code.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lay out, dispose; to plant out; to [[m|en|arrange]], organize, [[m|en|classify]]; to enumerate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To separate, divide; to scatter, disperse, [[m|en|distribute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(medicine)'' To [[m|en|digest]] food; to dissipate morbid matter.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīgeriēs]]

+ * [[dīgesta]]

+ * [[digestibilis]]

+ * [[digestim]]

+ * [[dīgestiō]]

+ * [[dīgestus]]

+ * [[indīgestus]]

+ * [[praedīgestus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gero|alt=gerō]]

+ * [[en|digest]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}