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+ {{homograph|1|lead out}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈduː.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈduː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēdūcō''' (present infinitive ēdūcere, perfect active ēdūxī, supine ēductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The verb “to lead out” is a compound of [[ex-|t=out]] and [[dūcō]] “to lead”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has the bride being led out of the house in the ''Casina'', and the Thebans leading out their legions in the ''Amphitruo''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lead or bring out people, and in military use to lead troops out to battle or ships out of harbour, as in Caesar and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cicero uses it of governors taking companions to their province and of summoning a person to court.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant to draw out, as a sword from its sheath or a lot from the urn, to hatch young, and to bring up children, overlapping with [[ēducō#2|alt=ēducāre]].^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It gave English [[m|en|educe]], in the 15th century “to draw out, extract”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a bride led out and of legions led out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of leading cavalry out of camp.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of summoning someone to court.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|educe]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|lead]] or bring out; to lead out (troops, ships).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To take (a companion) to one's province; to summon to court.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To draw out (a sword, a lot); to hatch.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To raise up, erect.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēductiō]]

+ * [[ēductor]]

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+ {{homograph|2|bring up, educate}}

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+ * [[en|educe]]