doceo Latin · revision 4678

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɔ.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɔː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''doceō''' (present infinitive docēre, perfect active docuī, supine doctum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*dok-eje-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*doḱ-ei̯e/o-|t=to make someone accept something]], a causative.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|δοκέω|tr=dokéō|t=to seem]] and [[hit|dākki|t=seems, is fitting]], and related to [[decet]] “it is fitting”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short and Georges compared [[discō]] “to learn”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to tell or inform, to brief an advocate, to show or demonstrate, and to teach a person a skill, with two accusatives.^(OLD 2012) ''Docēre fābulam'' was to produce a play, as Cicero says Livius Andronicus first did.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it was to teach and train, and in the passive also to learn.^(MLW) It survives in Old French ''duire''.^(Wiktionary) Its derivatives [[doctor]], [[doctrīna]] and [[docilis]] gave English ''doctor'', ''doctrine'' and ''docile''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero says that Livius was the first to produce a play.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''doctor'' is recorded, first of a Church father.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To tell, [[m|en|inform]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To brief (an advocate).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To show, [[m|en|demonstrate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|teach]], instruct.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''Docēre fābulam'', to produce a play.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[addoceō]]

+ * [[condoceō]]

+ * [[dēdoceō]]

+ * [[docibilis]]

+ * [[docilis]]

+ * [[doctificus]]

+ * [[doctisonus]]

+ * [[doctiusculē]]

+ * [[doctor]]

+ * [[doctrīna]]

+ * [[doctrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decet]]

+ * [[discō]]

+ * [[en|doctor]]

+ * [[en|doctrine]]

+ * [[en|docile]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}