praedicatio Latin · revision 32398

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯.dɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pre.diˈkat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praedicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive praedicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|praedicō|-tiō|t1=to proclaim]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|praedicō]] is a compound with [[m|la|dicō|t=to proclaim, dedicate]], which de Vaan thinks may have been back-formed from compounds in -dicāre; the root is that of [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]], from [[itc-pro|*deik-e/o-|t=to say]] and [[ine-pro|*deiḱ-|t=to show]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Miles Gloriosus'', of praise: “I am afraid your praise may now outdo my beauty”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it is a public announcement, a herald's proclamation, and a statement or boast.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also praise and commendation, as already in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In Christian Latin it is preaching: the Vulgate uses it so, and glossaries render it by [[grc|κήρυγμα|tr=kḗrugma]].^(TLL)^(Stelten 1995) Medieval writers also used it of prediction and prophecy, the statement of a doctrine, and the canon of the Mass.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a herald's proclamation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – the Vulgate of preaching.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 540–604 AD – Gregory the Great uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A public [[m|en|proclamation]], announcement; a statement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|praise|alt=Praise]], commendation.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|preaching|alt=Preaching]]; a sermon.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|prediction]], prophecy.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The teaching of a doctrine.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The canon of the Mass.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praedico|alt=praedicō]]

+ * [[praeco|alt=praecō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}