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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la putō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.pʊ.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.pu.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēputō''' (present infinitive dēputāre, perfect active dēputāvī, supine dēputātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[putō]] “to prune; to reckon”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of pruning vines.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In farming it meant to prune, cut back, as Cato's vines and Columella's trees, and to cut off a shoot.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Plautus it meant to regard, reckon as, as his ''mē quōvīs malō dignum dēputō'' “I think myself worthy of any punishment”, and to assign to a group.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ulpian it meant to second, post away, ''centuriō dēputātus'' a centurion seconded for service.^(OLD 2012) In Late Latin it meant to destine, allot.^(Etymonline)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to depute, appoint, count, assign, prune, condemn.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''deputare'' and Spanish ''diputar'', and Old French ''deputer'' gave [[en|depute]] in the mid-14th century, and ''députer'' gave [[en|deputy]] about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of pruning vines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of reckoning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of seconding soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''depute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|prune]], cut back; to cut off.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To regard as; to classify.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To second, post away.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To destine, allot; to [[m|en|depute]].^(Etymonline)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[putō]]
+ * [[en|depute]]
+ * [[en|deputy]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}