deduco Latin · revision 6655

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēdūcō''' (present infinitive dēdūcere, perfect active dēdūxī, supine dēductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-|t=down, away]] and [[dūcō]] “to lead”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of leading away.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lead or bring away, remove troops, as in Plautus, and in law to eject a rival claimant from land.^(OLD 2012) It meant to draw out, extend, to spin a thread, as in Varro, and figuratively to spin out a poem, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012) It meant to lead down, as Caesar's bringing someone down from the rostra, and to launch a ship, as in Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to escort ceremonially, as a bride to her new home or a young man to the forum, to settle colonists and found a colony, and to bring someone before a court.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''dēdūcere'' is to escort out of friendship, [[comitor]] for one's own interest.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Figuratively it meant to divert from a policy, to bring to a state, to derive from a source, and to trace by argument, deduce, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) In accounts it meant to subtract, deduct, as early as Ennius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in French ''déduire'' and Spanish ''deducir''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|deduce]] and [[en|deduct]] were both borrowed in the early 15th century and were long interchangeable.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of leading away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of subtracting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of founding colonies and of deriving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''deduce'' and ''deduct'' are recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lead away, remove.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw out, extend; to spin (thread).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lead down; to launch (a ship).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|escort]] (ceremonially); to bring home (a bride).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To settle (colonists); to found (a colony).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring (before a court).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To divert; to bring (into a state).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To derive; to [[m|en|deduce]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To subtract, [[m|en|deduct]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēductīcius]]

+ * [[dēductiō]]

+ * [[dēductīvus]]

+ * [[dēductor]]

+ * [[dēductus]]

+ * [[dēductim]]

+ * [[dēductōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abdūcō]]

+ * [[addūcō]]

+ * [[circumdūcō]]

+ * [[condūcō]]

+ * [[dīdūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ēdūcō]]

+ * [[indūcō]]

+ * [[intrōdūcō]]

+ * [[obdūcō]]

+ * [[en|deduce]]

+ * [[en|deduct]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}