perdoceo Latin · revision 34693

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛrˈdɔ.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [perˈdɔː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perdoceō''' (present infinitive perdocēre, perfect active perdocuī, supine perdoctum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts sometimes confuse it with ''doceō'' and ''ēdoceō''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|doceō|t2=to teach]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|doceō]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*dok-eje-]] and [[ine-pro|*doḱ-ei̯e/o-|t=to make someone accept something]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius on;^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Conte 2010) in Plautus it means to instruct someone thoroughly, as in a promise to hand someone over cleverly and thoroughly coached.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Plautus also uses it for teaching a skill: poverty teaches all the arts.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cicero calls something a hard matter to teach thoroughly, Lucretius says that the sun and moon taught men the turning of the seasons, and Ovid has Apollo teaching mortals what is useful.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Quintilian speaks of people who go on teaching their own folly, and an inscription speaks of a bronze tablet that teaches everything.^(Georges 1913) The TLL notes that it is rare in classical Latin and more frequent in Christian writers.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for thorough instruction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the sun and moon teaching men.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of a matter hard to teach thoroughly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To inform (someone) thoroughly; to show, [[m|en|demonstrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To teach thoroughly, [[m|en|instruct]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}