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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dīcō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈdiː.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈdiː.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''condīcō''' (present infinitive condīcere, perfect active condīxī, supine condictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-|t=together]] and [[dīcō]] “to say”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, of fixing a date or price by agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to talk a thing over, agree upon, as in the formula of the fetial priests demanding redress, and to appoint or fix a date or price by mutual consent, as in Plautus and Justinus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to give notice, as in Gellius, to engage oneself to dinner with someone, as in Suetonius, and in law to sue for the return of a thing.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to agree upon, arrange, appoint.^(Stelten 1995) Its derivative [[condiciō]] “agreement, terms, situation” is the source of [[en|condition]] in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of fixing a time.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of giving notice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''condition'' (from ''condiciō'') is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To agree upon, [[m|en|arrange]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To appoint, fix (a date, price).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To give notice; to engage oneself (to dinner).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To sue for the return of.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[condiciō]]
+ * [[condictiō]]
+ * [[condictor]]
+ * [[condictum]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abdīcō]]
+ * [[addīcō]]
+ * [[benedīcō]]
+ * [[condiciōnābilis]]
+ * [[condiciōnālis]]
+ * [[condiciōnāliter]]
+ * [[contrādīcō]]
+ * [[dīcō]]
+ * [[ēdīcō]]
+ * [[indīcō]]
+ * [[en|condition]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}