oboedio Latin · revision 8315

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔˈboe̯.di.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [oˈbɛː.di.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oboediō''' (present infinitive oboedīre, perfect active oboedīvī or oboediī, supine oboedītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Afranius has the future ''oboedībō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] and [[audiō]] “to hear”, through ⟨*obawizdijō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary notes that ⟨ob⟩ + ⟨audīre⟩ would be expected to give ⟨*obūdiō⟩, and suggests the ⟨oe⟩ is a false archaism encouraged by the word's use in the law courts.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to listen, pay attention, as in Nepos, and in Plautus to obey, submit to persons, commands or laws.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to act as a situation demands, and to be a slave to a vice.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''pārēre'' is the obedience of a servant to his master, while ''oboedīre'' is the freer obedience of an inferior to a superior, a citizen to the law.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to obey, heed.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''obeir'' it gave [[en|obey]] about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of being a slave to vice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''obey'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To listen, pay attention.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|obey]], submit to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be a slave to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inoboediō]]

+ * [[inoboedus]]

+ * [[oboedientia]]

+ * [[oboedītiō]]

+ * [[oboediēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audiō]]

+ * [[pāreō]]

+ * [[en|obey]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[pāreō]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}