disto Latin · revision 7863

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la stō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distō''' (present infinitive distāre, perfect active distitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[stō]] “to stand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) A perfect ⟨distitī⟩ is found only in Boethius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, as his ''distant multum inter sē sīdera'' “the stars are far apart”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stand or lie apart, be distant, by a given amount, and in Vitruvius impersonally there is a distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius and Ovid it meant to be distant in time.^(OLD 2012) From Cicero it meant to be different, in Lucretius to differ in some respect, and impersonally there is a difference.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to be apart or distinct.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish as ''distare''.^(Wiktionary) Its present participle gave [[en|distant]] in the late 14th century, and ''distantia'' gave [[en|distance]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of differing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the stars being far apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''distant'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stand apart, be [[m|en|distant]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be distant in time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To differ; there is a difference.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[distantia]]

+ * [[aequidistāns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[en|distant]]

+ * [[en|distance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}