rescio Latin · revision 33408

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=1st century BC, Publilius Syrus|origins=la sciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''resciō''', ''rescīre'' (fourth conjugation, transitive)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|rescīscō|t=to find out]], a back-formation.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|scīscō|t=to get to know]], from [[m|la|sciō|t=to know]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sciō]] to [[itc-pro|*skije/o-|t=to know]] and probably to [[ine-pro|*skh₁-i(e/o)-|t=to incise]], with “know” developing from “distinguish, decide”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it first in the sayings of Publilius Syrus: ''inferior rescit, quicquid peccat superior'', “the lower man finds out whatever wrong the higher one does”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD treats it as equal to [[rescīscō]],^(OLD 2012) and the TLL notes that it means much the same as [[sciō]], the force of the prefix being unclear.^(TLL) Aulus Gellius discusses the verb and says it properly describes someone who learns of a fact that was hidden or unexpected.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) It is otherwise found mostly in late writers: the jurist Pomponius in the Digest, the Historia Augusta, the Itinerarium Alexandri, Commodian, Facundus and other Christian authors.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) In the manuscripts it is often confused with ''scīre'' and ''rescīscere''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century BC – Publilius Syrus, “to find out”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Aulus Gellius discusses its meaning.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To find out, [[m|en|learn]] (of something hidden or unexpected), to come to know; the same as [[rescīscō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scīscō]]

+ * [[nesciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}