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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la pōnō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dispōnō''' (present infinitive dispōnere, perfect active disposuī or disposīvī, supine dispositum or dispostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Lucretius has ''dispostus'' for ''dispositus''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[pōnō]] “to put”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of distributing and arranging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to place here and there, distribute, plant out, to arrange in order, and to allot, as in Cicero, and in Caesar to post troops.^(OLD 2012) In Seneca it meant to manage, and to arrange, prescribe.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to order, dispose, arrange.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''disporre'', French ''disposer'' and Spanish ''disponer'', and through Old French it is behind [[en|dispose]], first recorded in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of arranging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of posting troops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of managing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''dispose'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To distribute; to plant out.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To arrange, lay out.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To allot.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To post, station.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To manage; to prescribe.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dispositiō]]
+ * [[dispositor]]
+ * [[dispositūra]]
+ * [[dispositus]]
+ * [[indispositus]]
+ * [[praedispositus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[pōnō]]
+ * [[en|dispose]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}