distringo Latin · revision 7861

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtrɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtriŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distringō''' (present infinitive distringere, perfect active distrīnxī, supine districtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[stringō]] “to draw tight”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Manuscripts often confuse it with [[dēstringō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of stretching apart.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stretch out or apart, as Virgil's sinners stretched on the spokes of wheels, which Lewis and Short call very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Livy it meant to distract with conflicting claims, detain, and in Seneca of feelings to pull in different directions.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin ''districtus'', from its participle, meaning the restraint of offenders and then a jurisdiction, gave French ''district'' and [[en|district]] in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of stretching apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of men stretched on wheels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of distracting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''district'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stretch out, stretch apart.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|distract]]; to detain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of feelings, to pull in different directions.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[districtiō]]

+ * [[districtīvus]]

+ * [[districtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stringō]]

+ * [[en|district]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}