reductio Latin · revision 9153

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈdʊk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈduk.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reductiō''' ''f'' (genitive reductiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[redūcō]] “to bring back” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of bringing back from exile.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a bringing back, restoration, as of the king of Egypt in Cicero's letters, and in Vitruvius a drawing back or up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for bringing back to a proper position, in law, and in medicine.^(DMLBS) Through Old French it gave [[en|reduction]] in the early 15th century, first “a restoring to a former state”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * early 15th century – English ''reduction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A bringing back, restoration.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A drawing back.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A restoring to a proper position, [[m|en|reduction]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[redūcō]]

+ * [[redūctō]]

+ * [[reductor]]

+ * [[reductus]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[en|reduction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}