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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: [deːˈdɪs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēdiscō''' (present infinitive dēdiscere, perfect active dēdidicī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|discō|t2=to learn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan reconstructs [[m|la|discō]] as [[itc-pro|*dikske/o-]], from a reduplicated iterative [[ine-pro|*di-dḱ-sḱ-e/o-|t=to take, accept]], that is, to take in repeatedly.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Plautus on,^(TLL) who has a man who unlearns what he has learned.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to put out of one's mind, unlearn or forget: Cicero writes that a man must learn and unlearn much, and of words to be unlearned.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With an infinitive it is to lose the habit of doing something or to forget how: Seneca says that whoever has learned to die has unlearned slavery.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lactantius sets it against learning.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of unlearning what was learned.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of learning and unlearning.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of unlearning slavery.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # With an infinitive, to lose the habit of, forget how to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disco|alt=discō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}