abduco Latin · revision 6675

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''abdūcō''' (present infinitive abdūcere, perfect active abdūxī, supine abductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ab-|t=away]] and [[dūcō]] “to lead”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ''Dūcō'' goes back to [[ine-pro|*dewk-|t=to lead]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The epitaph of a Scipio has the old spelling ⟨abdoucit⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lead away, carry off, remove persons, as Plautus' leading from the altar, and to withdraw troops, as Caesar's cohorts taken with him.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant to entice away from allegiance or the truth, to seduce, and to captivate.^(OLD 2012) It meant to take property by force or fraud, carry off, abduct, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it meant to separate, to withdraw the mind from its surroundings, to distract or divert a person from an occupation, and to lower or reduce.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to lead away or seduce.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|abduce]] was borrowed in the 1530s, and [[en|abduct]] “to kidnap” is a back-formation of 1834 from ''abduction''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of withdrawing cohorts.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of carrying off property and of distracting the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1834 – English ''abduct'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To withdraw (troops).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To entice away; to seduce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To take away by force or fraud, [[m|en|abduct]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To separate; to withdraw (the mind).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To distract, divert.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abductiō]]

+ * [[abductor]]

+ * [[abductus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[addūcō]]

+ * [[circumdūcō]]

+ * [[condūcō]]

+ * [[dēdūcō]]

+ * [[dīdūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ēdūcō]]

+ * [[indūcō]]

+ * [[intrōdūcō]]

+ * [[obdūcō]]

+ * [[en|abduct]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}