rescisco Latin · revision 35992

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la sciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rescīscō''' (present infinitive rescīscere, perfect active rescīvī or resciī, supine rescītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|scīscō|t2=to seek to know, learn]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists ⟨scīscere⟩ “to get to know, approve” among the derivatives of [[m|la|sciō|t=to know]], which he connects, with some hesitation, with a root meaning “to incise”, [[ine-pro|*skh₁-i(e/o)-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Naevius and Plautus on.^(TLL) A fragment of Naevius has a speaker imagine finding out that his son has borrowed money for a love affair,^(OLD 2012) and in Plautus a speaker hopes that an old man will not find something out.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is used of learning a fact one had not suspected, of finding something out.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly pre-classical and especially common in Terence, and that the simple form ''rescio'' which Gellius assumes is not found in any text.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It takes an accusative and infinitive, an indirect question or ''de'', or stands alone,^(OLD 2012) and it continues in Caesar, Nepos, Horace, Curtius and the jurists.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it often of finding out.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it often.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it in the ''Gallic War''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it with an accusative and infinitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|find out]], learn of (something hidden or not suspected), [[m|en|ascertain]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # With an accusative and infinitive or an indirect question: to find out that, find out whether.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}