discussione Italian · revision 39345

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /dis.kusˈsjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discussione''' ''f'' (plural discussioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|discussio|t=a shaking; later an examination]], a noun formed from [[m|la|discutiō|t=to shake apart, shatter]], the verb that gave [[discutere]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) That verb is made of [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|quatiō|t=to shake]].^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(OLD 2012)

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+ In classical Latin the noun meant a shaking or vibration;^(OLD 2012)^(Treccani 2011) the sense “examination, discussion” appears in Late Latin, in Macrobius according to DEI.^(DEI|1334)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011) The Italian word is a learned one, like [[fro|discussion]], recorded in the 12th century.^(DEI|1334)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the Constitutiones Aegidianae of 1357, in an Umbrian-Romagnol text, where it means the treatment of a question by several people with opposing arguments.^(TLIO) DELI dates it to Francesco da Buti, before 1406.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th century Machiavelli and Guicciardini use the word for debates on public matters.^(GDLI|4, 642) A medical sense, the dispersal of humours (for example in treating plague buboes), is recorded in Muratori and is now obsolete.^(GDLI|4, 642) DEI lists the scrutiny of public accounts among the older senses and dates the political debate to the 17th century.^(DEI|1334)

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+ ''Mettere in discussione'', to call into question, is recorded in 1796, and the sense “argument, quarrel” in the Milanese press of 1836.^(DELI 1999) In law it names the stage of a trial in which counsel argue their case, and in mathematics the study of the solutions of an equation according to its parameters.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1357 – First record, in the Constitutiones Aegidianae.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1406 – Francesco da Buti uses the word.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1796 – ''Mettere in discussione'' “to call into question” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1836 – The sense “quarrel” appears in the Milanese press.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|discussion]]: the careful examination of a question by two or more people who put forward their views; a [[m|en|debate]]: ''La discussione sul bilancio è durata tutta la sera.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(by extension)'' An [[m|en|argument]], a quarrel: ''Ieri sera hanno avuto una brutta discussione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # An objection or protest, especially in ''senza discussioni'', without arguing.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(law)'' The stage of a civil or criminal trial in which the parties' lawyers and the prosecutor present their conclusions orally.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The study of how the solutions of an equation or system vary with its parameters.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[discutere]]

+ * [[la|discussio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Common set phrases are ''fuori discussione'', certain, beyond doubt, ''in discussione'', under debate or in doubt, ''mettere in discussione'', to question, and ''discussione della tesi'', the oral defence of a degree thesis.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}