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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discō''' (present infinitive discere, perfect active didicī, future active participle discitūrus); third conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*dikske/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*di-dḱ-sḱ-e/o-]], a reduplicated present of the root *deḱ- “to take, accept”; the perfect [[m|la|didicī]] continues *de-doḱ-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The LIV takes it as a desiderative, which de Vaan rejects because it never meant “to want to learn”.^(de Vaan 2008) It is related to [[doceō]] “to teach” and [[grc|διδάσκω|tr=didáskō|t=to teach]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a slave saying he has told all he learned, with Epidicus as his teacher.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to learn or acquire skill in something, to learn to recognize or get to know, and to hear or find out, as in Cicero's “I long to learn this”.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of learning Greek, ''litterās Graecās discere''.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its compounds include [[ēdiscō]] “to learn by heart” and [[dēdiscō]] “to unlearn”, and the noun [[discipulus]] “pupil” is usually linked with it, ''discipulus'' and ''disciplīna'' gave [[en|disciple]] and [[en|discipline]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has a slave who learned from Epidicus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of learning Greek.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace says the skilled Spaniard will get to know him.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Old English – ''discipul'' is borrowed from ''discipulus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|learn]], acquire skill in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get to know, learn to recognize.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hear, find out, be told.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[addiscō]]

+ * [[condiscō]]

+ * [[dēdiscō]]

+ * [[discentia]]

+ * [[ēdiscō]]

+ * [[indisco]]

+ * [[perdiscō]]

+ * [[praediscō]]

+ * [[redisco]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decet]]

+ * [[doceō]]

+ * [[discipulus]]

+ * [[en|disciple]]

+ * [[en|discipline]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}