edoceo Latin · revision 32013

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēdoceō''' (present infinitive ēdocēre, perfect active ēdocuī, supine ēdoctum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|doceō|t2=to teach]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|doceō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*dok-eje-]] and [[ine-pro|*doḱ-eie-|t=to make someone accept something]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[hit|dākki|t=seems]] and [[grc|δοκεῖ|tr=dokeî|t=it seems]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Plautus' “I want you to teach me that reckoning thoroughly”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to instruct or inform thoroughly, to impart a full knowledge of something, with a double accusative, with the person or the thing alone, or with a clause.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar uses it of slaves coached in what to say under questioning, and Livy of informing someone of everything in order.^(OLD 2012) The Thesaurus notes that in later Latin it often means no more than the simple [[doceō]].^(TLL)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “teach completely, instruct”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of teaching a method thoroughly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of informing the ignorant of his case.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of coached slaves.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of reporting everything in order.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|teach]] thoroughly, [[m|en|instruct]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To inform fully, [[m|en|apprise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[doceo|alt=doceō]]

+ * [[doctus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}