disceptatio Latin · revision 32942

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''disceptātiō''' ''f'' (genitive disceptātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|disceptō|-tiō|t1=to dispute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That verb is [[m|la|dis-]] with [[m|la|captō|t=to try to catch]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler date it from Cicero,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) who writes in his early work on rhetoric of civil debate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a dispute, debate or discussion, political or legal, and also philosophical: Cicero speaks of all that can come into men's debate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also arbitration or judgement, as in Livy's appeal to the decision of the Roman people.^(OLD 2012) Late glosses equate it with ''altercātiō'', ''contentiō'', ''iūdicium'' and ''disputātiō''.^(TLL) In Medieval Latin it is a trial, a law case, an examination.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of civil and philosophical debate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of arbitration.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|dispute]], [[m|en|debate]], discussion, political, legal or philosophical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|arbitration|alt=Arbitration]], judgement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A trial, law case, examination.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[controversia|alt=contrōversia]]

+ * [[disputatio|alt=disputātiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein groups ''disceptātiō'' with ''lītigātiō'' and ''contrōversia'' as disputes settled quietly and in order, against ''contentiō'', ''altercātiō'' and ''iūrgium'', conducted with passion.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}