seditiose Latin · revision 34193

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēditiōsē''' (comparative sēditiōsius, superlative sēditiōsissimē)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sēditiōsus|-ē|t1=seditious, factious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) The adjective, found from Varro on, is formed from [[m|la|sēditiō|t=violent discord, rebellion]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan lists among the derivatives of [[m|la|eō#1|t=to go]], from [[ine-pro|*h1ei-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008) Its prefix is [[m|la|sē-|t=apart]], from the old ablative of the reflexive pronoun, ⟨*sēd⟩, which de Vaan explains as first meaning “for itself” and then “away, without”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the speeches for Cluentius and for Milo.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means seditiously, [[m|en|mutinously]], in a factious way.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cicero has the superlative in a letter to Atticus, of speaking in the most provocative way possible, and Tacitus has the comparative.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ British medieval Latin uses it for discordantly or factiously, of acts done in the course of a violent quarrel or feud, and for treacherously.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it, also in the superlative.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus has the comparative ''seditiosius''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1285 – A British record uses it of a man who allied himself with Llywelyn, the late prince of Wales and enemy of the king.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|seditiously|alt=Seditiously]], mutinously, factiously.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' In the course of a violent quarrel or [[m|en|feud]].^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|treacherously|alt=Treacherously]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēditiōsus]]

+ * [[sēditiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}