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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca the Younger|origins=la quatiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈkʊs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈkus.si.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''discussiō''' ''f'' (genitive discussiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|discutiō|-tiō|t1=to strike apart, shatter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Discutiō'' is from [[dis-]] and [[quatio|alt=quatiō]] “to shake”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Seneca the Younger, in the Natural Questions, uses it of a shaking.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Classical Latin it is very rare and means a shaking or vibration.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caelius Aurelianus uses it in medicine of an expelling of seed.^(Georges 1913)
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+ In Late Latin it took the place of ''disputatio'' and ''quaestio'' for an examination or discussion, as in Macrobius and Tertullian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In the later empire it was the revision of public accounts in the provinces for the assessment and collection of taxes, in Symmachus and the Code of Justinian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In medieval Latin it meant an inquiry, the examination of an accused person by hearing or ordeal, and in medicine a separation or secretion.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW) English ''discussion'' came from Old French and Medieval Latin in the mid-14th century, first of an examination or judicial trial.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca the Younger uses it of a shaking.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st half of the 5th century AD – Macrobius uses it of an examination.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it in medicine.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 528–534 AD – The Code of Justinian uses it of the revision of accounts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''discussion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A shaking, [[m|en|vibration]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' An examination, [[m|en|discussion]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A revision of provincial accounts; an [[m|en|audit]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The trial of an accused person.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[discutio]]
+ * [[en|discussion]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}