docte Latin · revision 33794

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *doḱ-ei̯e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''doctē''' (comparative doctius, superlative doctissimē)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the adverb [[der|la|doctus|t=learned, skilled]], from the participle of [[m|la|doceō|t=to teach]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|doceō]] to [[itc-pro|*dok-eje-]] and [[ine-pro|*doḱ-ei̯e/o-|t=to have someone accept something]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has it first, of someone who questions blandly and cleverly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early Latin it is cleverly, shrewdly: Plautus has cheating an old man cleverly and the superlative ''doctissumē''.^(OLD 2012) From Varro and Cicero on it is in a learned way, as Cicero's report that a man discussed some matters learnedly and fully.^(OLD 2012) It is also skilfully, as Horace's comparative of painting more skilfully than the Greeks and Juvenal's skilful arranging of dishes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius, of clever questioning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of cheating cleverly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, of writing learnedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of painting skilfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Cleverly, [[m|en|astutely]], [[m|en|shrewdly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # In a [[m|en|learned]] manner.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Skilfully, in an accomplished manner.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[doctus]]

+ * [[doceō]]

+ * [[indoctē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}