praeduco Latin · revision 34711

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=ine-pro *deuk-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈduː.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈduː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praedūcō''' (present infinitive praedūcere, perfect active praedūxī, supine praeductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prae-|dūcō|t2=to lead, draw]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|dūcō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*douk-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*deuk-e/o-|t=to draw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Caesar's ''Gallic War'', of a wall of large stones that the Gauls had built in front to slow the Roman attack.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Caesar also uses it of ditches dug across roads,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) and Tibullus of a ditch drawn in front of a camp.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lucan has it of a flank covered by cavalry led round in front.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of lines drawn with silver, copper or lead, and of lines marked out to plan the route of an aqueduct.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short note that Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In manuscripts it is often confused with [[prōdūcō]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a wall and of ditches built in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of drawing lines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To build (a wall, a [[m|en|ditch]]) along a line in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To lead across or place in front.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw out (a line); to mark out (a route).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praeductōrius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}