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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈdɪs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈdis.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēdiscō''' (present infinitive ēdiscere, perfect active ēdidicī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|discō|t1=thoroughly|t2=to learn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|discō]] to [[itc-pro|*dikske/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*di-dḱ-sḱ-e/o-|t=to take, accept]], a reduplicated present with an iterative suffix; he takes its meaning as "to take in repeatedly".^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, of someone who has not yet got to know the speaker's character thoroughly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to learn a subject thoroughly, and above all to learn by heart: Varro speaks of names that could be memorised more quickly.^(OLD 2012) Cicero says that the poets are not only read but learned by heart, and Seneca that some things must be learned, indeed learned by heart.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it learn by heart, learn thoroughly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of poets learned by heart.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To get to know a subject thoroughly, [[m|en|study]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|learn by heart]], [[m|en|memorize]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disco|alt=discō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}