indico Latin · revision 6239

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indicō''' (present infinitive indicāre, perfect active indicāvī, supine indicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-|t=in, on]] and [[dicō]] “to proclaim”, a first-conjugation verb beside the third-conjugation ⟨dīcere⟩ “to say”; [[index]] “informer, pointer” belongs to the same group.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, who also has the old forms ''indicāssō'' and ''indicāssis''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make known, point out, reveal, declare, as Cicero's character who revealed everything to her mistress, and to disclose a secret, divulge, betray, to inform on a person, and to lay information.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it meant to indicate, show, as in Terence, and in commerce to fix the price of goods, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to indicate, show, reveal, give evidence.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Old French ''engier''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|indicate]] was borrowed in the 1650s, perhaps as a back-formation from ''indication''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of revealing and of pricing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of informing on someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of revealing everything.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''indicate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To point out, make known, reveal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To disclose, divulge, [[m|en|betray]]; to inform on.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of things)'' To [[m|en|indicate]], show.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fix the price of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[index]]

+ * [[indicābilis]]

+ * [[indicātiō]]

+ * [[indicātīvus]]

+ * [[indicātūra]]

+ * [[indicīva]]

+ * [[indictīcius]]

+ * [[indictiō]]

+ * [[indictīvus]]

+ * [[indicātor]]

+ * [[indictus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[indicīna]]

+ * [[indicium]]

+ * [[indiculum]]

+ * [[indictiōnālis]]

+ * [[dicō]]

+ * [[en|indicate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A different verb ''indīcō, indīcere'', from [[in-]] and [[dīcō]], meant to proclaim formally, as ''bellum indīcere'' “to declare war”, and to impose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}