seditio Latin · revision 687

+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēditiō''' ''f'' (genitive sēditiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|sēd-|t=apart]] and [[itio|alt=itiō]] “a going”, from [[eo|alt=īre]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The original sense was thus “a going apart”, and Cicero explains it as the division of citizens who go apart to different sides.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of a quarrel between husband and wife that the god will calm.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main sense was violent political discord, the strife of factions or a rising against the authorities, and a dictator could be appointed ''seditionis sedandae causa'' “to quell sedition”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the army it meant mutiny, as in Cicero and Caesar.^(OLD 2012) It also meant strife within other groups, such as a family or the fans of pantomime actors in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Figuratively it was used of the turmoil of the tides and of bodily upsets.^(OLD 2012) English borrowed it in the mid-14th century as [[en|sedition]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for a quarrel between spouses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero defines it as citizens going apart and mentions a mutiny of soldiers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar reports legions demanding pay almost in mutiny.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius mentions riots of pantomime fans.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English borrows it as [[en|sedition]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Violent political discord; an insurrection, [[m|en|sedition]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|mutiny]] in the army.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Strife, quarrel within a group.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Turmoil, disturbance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēditiōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēditiōsē]]

+ * [[eō]]

+ * [[en|sedition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}