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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.plɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.pli.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''replicō''' (present infinitive replicāre, perfect active replicāvī, supine replicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “back” and [[plicō]] “to fold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) Statius has the participle ⟨replictae⟩, and the Vulgate the perfect ⟨replicāvī⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of bending back.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to fold or bend back, as in Cato and Quintilian's curling back of the lips.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to unroll a book, and figuratively to unwind a cable, review memory, and in Apuleius to turn over in the mind.^(OLD 2012) In Gaius it meant in law to answer a defence with a further plea, make a replication.^(OLD 2012) In Late Latin it meant to reply, repeat.^(Etymonline)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to reply, unfold again, bend back, unroll.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''ripiegare'' and French ''replier'', and Old French ''replier'' gave [[en|reply]] in the late 14th century, and its participle gave [[en|replicate]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of bending back.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of unrolling a book.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of a legal replication.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''reply'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To fold back, bend back.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To unroll; to unwind.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To go over in the mind.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To make a replication.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To [[m|en|reply]]; to repeat.^(Etymonline)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[replicabilis]]
+ * [[replicātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[plicō]]
+ * [[en|reply]]
+ * [[en|replicate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}