indoctus Latin · revision 31922

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪnˈdɔk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈdɔk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indoctus''' (feminine indocta, neuter indoctum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|doctus|t2=learned, taught]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Varro notes that what is “not taught” is called ⟨indoctum⟩.^(TLL) The participle [[m|la|doctus]] belongs to [[m|la|doceō|t=to teach]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*dok-eje-]] and [[ine-pro|*doḱ-ei̯e/o-|t=to have someone accept something]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|δοκεῖ|tr=dokeî|t=it seems]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, where a man complains that a rascal fleeced him, ignorant as he was, with learned tricks.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means unlearned, ignorant or uninformed, of persons, a classical use found in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means untrained in a particular skill, as Cicero's unskilled charioteer dragged from his chariot.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “unlearned”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an ignorant man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an untrained charioteer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|unlearned|alt=Unlearned]], [[m|en|ignorant]], uninformed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|untrained|alt=Untrained]] in a particular skill.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[doctus]]

+ * [[doceo|alt=doceō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}