dediticius Latin · revision 33469

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=la dēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deː.dɪˈtiː.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.diˈtiː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēditīcius''' (feminine dēditīcia, neuter dēditīcium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelt ''dēditius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēdō|-īcius|t1=to give up, surrender]],^(OLD 2012) made from the participle ⟨dēditus⟩;^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short and Köbler connect it with the noun [[m|la|dēditiō|t=surrender]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|dēdō]] is a compound of [[m|la|dē-]] and [[m|la|dō|t=to give]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*di-d(e)h3-|t=to give]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Caesar,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of the Belgae and other peoples who had surrendered to the Roman people.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective and, more often, as a noun it describes people who have surrendered unconditionally, such as captives,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Georges notes that the plural often meant Rome's subjects in Italy as opposed to its allies.^(Georges 1913) Livy has ''quicquid deinde patiēmur, dēditīciī vestrī passūrī'', “whatever we suffer from now on, we shall suffer as people who have surrendered to you”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Later it became a civil status:^(OLD 2012) under the Lex Aelia Sentia, slaves who had suffered a degrading punishment became on manumission only “of the number of the ''dēditīciī''”, as Gaius and Justinian's Institutes explain.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sulpicius Severus uses the feminine of a woman captive.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of the Belgae and others.^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has ''dēditīciī vestrī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius explains the status of ''dēditīciī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 528–534 AD – It appears in Justinian's Code.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having [[m|en|surrender|alt=surrendered]] at discretion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # One who has surrendered; a [[m|en|captive]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' A freed slave of the lowest civil status, ranked with surrendered enemies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēdō]]

+ * [[dēditiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}