educo Latin · revision 6700

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

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēducō''' (present infinitive ēducāre, perfect active ēducāvī, supine ēducātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-|t=out]] and the weak grade *dŭc- of the root of [[dūcō]] “to lead”, with the first-conjugation suffix -ō.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is closely related to the third-conjugation verb of the same spelling, “to lead out”, which can also mean to bring up children.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Plautus, whose mistress brought a girl up with great care.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to support the growth of offspring, bring up, nurture, rear, of children, animals and plants, as Catullus' flowers reared by the weather.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Varro distinguishes the roles: the midwife brings out, the nurse rears (''ēducat''), the tutor instructs and the teacher teaches, though the distinction was not strictly kept.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant to train or educate, as in Cicero.^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bring up, provide for, train, educate.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ It survives in Italian ''educare'', French ''éduquer'' and Spanish ''educar''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|educate]] was borrowed in the mid-15th century in the sense “to bring up children”, and [[en|education]] in the 1530s, first of child-rearing.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of bringing up a girl.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro distinguishes the nurse who rears from the teacher.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''educate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring up, [[m|en|rear]], nurture (children).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rear (animals, plants).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To train, [[m|en|educate]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēducātiō]]

+ * [[ēducātor]]

+ * [[ēducātrīx]]

+ * [[educatus]]

+ * [[ēductor]]

+ * [[ēductiō]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[en|educate]]

+ * [[en|education]]

+

+ ==Usage notes==

+ The third-conjugation verb ''ēdūcō, ēdūcere'' meant to lead out, draw out, bring forth, and also to bring up children; it is the source of [[en|educe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}