disciplina Latin · revision 7294

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪs.kɪˈpliː.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diʃ.ʃiˈpliː.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''disciplīna''' ''f'' (genitive disciplīnae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is contracted from ⟨discipulīna⟩, from [[discipulus]] “pupil” with the suffix [[-īna]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The full form is in Plautus, Gellius and inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro derived it from ⟨discere⟩ “to learn”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of teaching and of method.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant teaching, instruction, training, as Caesar's young men flocking to the Druids ''disciplīnae causā'' “for instruction”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant a branch of study, and in Terence a philosophical school.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it meant a system, practice, method, and in Terence orderly conduct based on training, discipline, and in Cato the order kept among people under command, military discipline.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''litterae'' and ''artēs'' are the sciences as objects of education.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant discipline, study, instruction, and chastisement for correction.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of knowledge, learning, a science and religious doctrine.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|discipline]] came about 1200 through Old French, first “penitential chastisement”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of teaching and of method.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of order under command.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a philosophical school.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''discipline'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Teaching, instruction, training.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A branch of study; a school of philosophy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A system, method.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Orderly conduct; military [[m|en|discipline]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Chastisement, correction.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disciplinabilis]]

+ * [[disciplīnātus]]

+ * [[disciplīnōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[discipulus]]

+ * [[discō]]

+ * [[doctrīna]]

+ * [[en|discipline]]

+ * [[en|disciple]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}