discribo Latin · revision 31984

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *skreibʰ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪsˈkriː.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [disˈkriː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discrībō''' (present infinitive discrībere, perfect active discrīpsī, supine discrīptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|scrībō|t2=to write]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|scrībō]] to [[itc-pro|*skreif-e/o-|t=to carve]] and [[ine-pro|*skreibʰ-e/o-|t=to carve]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|scriftas|t=written]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Terence,^(de Vaan 2008) where a man asks whether he did not hand out the money to those he owed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to distribute, deal out or allot, as in a Republican law, and to assign soldiers to units, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of ordering or arranging, and Varro of hair parted in two.^(OLD 2012) The OLD notes much confusion with [[describo|alt=dēscrībō]] in manuscripts and editions, and treats here the senses that suit the prefix ⟨dis-⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of handing out money.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of parted hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of assigning soldiers to legions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|distribute]], deal out, [[m|en|allot]]; to assign soldiers to units; to arrange.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To divide up, separate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discrīptiō]]

+ * [[indiscriptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scribo|alt=scrībō]]

+ * [[describo|alt=dēscrībō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}