discutio Latin · revision 6653

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=la quatiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈkʊ.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈkut.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discutiō''' (present infinitive discutere, perfect active discussī, supine discussum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-|t=apart]] and [[quatiō]] “to shake”, with the vowel weakened.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Lucilius, of knocking out teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to dash to pieces, break up, shatter, as Lucretius' temples of the gods struck by lightning and Livy's wall breached by rams, and to shake violently or shake off.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to scatter, disperse, as clouds in Ovid and mist in Livy, in medicine to dispel morbid matter, and in war to break up an assembly or rout an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively, and more often, it meant to dispel fear or danger, bring an undertaking to nothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Late and Medieval Latin it also meant to examine, investigate, discuss, and in Ecclesiastical Latin to plead a case.^(Etymonline)^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''discuter'', Italian ''discutere'' and Spanish ''discutir''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|discuss]] was borrowed from its participle ''discussus'' in the late 14th century, first meaning “to examine”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of knocking out teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of shattering temples.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dispelling fear.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''discuss'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|shatter]], dash to pieces.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To shake off.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|disperse]], scatter.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dispel (a condition); to bring to nothing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To examine, [[m|en|discuss]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discussiō]]

+ * [[discussor]]

+ * [[indiscussus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quatiō]]

+ * [[en|discuss]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}