discedo Latin · revision 8108

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la cēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diʃˈʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discēdō''' (present infinitive discēdere, perfect active discessī, supine discessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the shortened perfect ''discestī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[cēdō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it meant to part company, disperse, as a decree of the Senate ordering the clubs to disband, and in Lucretius to be split up.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Plautus it meant to go away, withdraw, and in Terence to come away in a certain state, as ''victor discēdere'' “to come off the winner”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Varro things move away or come apart, and in Cicero it meant to give up an occupation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to depart, deviate, leave.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of coming off in a certain state.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dispersing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To part, [[m|en|disperse]]; to be split up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go away, depart; to come off (winner, loser).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To move away, come apart.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To leave off, give up.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discessiō]]

+ * [[discessus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}