destructio Latin · revision 9194

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Suetonius|origins=la struō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēstrūctiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēstrūctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēstruō]] “to pull down” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[dē-]] and [[struō]] “to build”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Suetonius, whom he dates c. 75–c. 150 AD, and Suetonius has ''dēstrūctiō mūrōrum'' “the pulling down of walls”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the pulling down of something, destruction, and in Quintilian refutation of an argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Vulgate uses it of the destruction of strongholds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for demolition, unbuilding.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''destruction'' it gave [[en|destruction]] about 1300, “ruin”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of refutation.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of walls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A pulling down, [[m|en|destruction]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Refutation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēstruō]]

+ * [[struō]]

+ * [[en|destruction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}