discessio Latin · revision 32758

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discessiō''' ''f'' (genitive discessiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|discēdō|-tiō|t1=to go apart, depart]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cēdō]] to [[itc-pro|*kesd-e/o-|t=to go away]] and, following Lubotsky, to [[ine-pro|*ḱiesdʰ-|t=to drive away; go away]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Terence on,^(TLL) whose ''Andria'' speaks of a separation of husband and wife, which may the gods forbid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a going away or withdrawal: Tacitus has a man left alone by the departure of the others, and Gellius uses it of the separations of the stars.^(OLD 2012) In the senate it is the division for a vote, and ⟨discessiōnem facere⟩ is to call for a division: Cicero speaks of a vote taken in favour of a man's proposal.^(OLD 2012) It is also a split or schism, as of a crowd, and the secession of the plebs from the patricians in Sallust.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates it from Cicero, and Church Latin glosses it departure, separation, revolt.^(Köbler 2010)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a separation of husband and wife.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a division in the senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of the secession of the plebs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of a departure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A going away, [[m|en|departure]], withdrawal.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A division of the senate for a vote;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''discessiōnem facere'', to call for a division.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A split, [[m|en|schism]]; a [[m|en|divorce]]; a separation, secession.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[discedo|alt=discēdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}