produco Latin · revision 4351

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la dūcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōdūcō''' (present infinitive prōdūcere, perfect active prōdūxī, supine prōductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pro-|duco|t1=forth|t2=to lead]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has people brought out of doors and a lyre player brought out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to bring forth, lead out, as slaves for sale in Terence, and to bring someone before the people or witnesses into court, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was used of birth, as Horace's prayer that the goddess bring forth offspring, of rearing children, and of producing or inventing, as Lucretius' Venus producing various forms.^(OLD 2012) It meant to lead on, escort, entice, and to promote in rank.^(OLD 2012) Caesar uses it of extending a battle line, and it meant to prolong time, as Terence's sipping cups to draw out the day.^(OLD 2012) Grammarians used it of lengthening a vowel, as Varro on ''rūta caesa'', and of extending a word with a suffix.^(OLD 2012)

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+ English ''produce'' is recorded in the early 15th century as “develop, extend, lengthen out”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of bringing slaves for sale.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of lengthening a vowel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''produce'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring forth, lead out; to bring into court.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To bring forth offspring; to bring up, rear.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|produce]], create, invent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To lead on, escort; to entice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To promote, advance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To extend, lengthen; to prolong time.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' To pronounce long; to lengthen by a suffix.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōducta]]

+ * [[prōductilis]]

+ * [[prōductiō]]

+ * [[prōductīvus]]

+ * [[prōdūcibilis]]

+ * [[prōductō]]

+ * [[prōductor]]

+ * [[prōductus]]

+ * [[prōdux]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abdūcō]]

+ * [[addūcō]]

+ * [[circumdūcō]]

+ * [[condūcō]]

+ * [[dēdūcō]]

+ * [[dīdūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ēdūcō]]

+ * [[indūcō]]

+ * [[intrōdūcō]]

+ * [[en|produce]]

+ * [[en|product]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}