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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Juvenal|origins=la dūcō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈdʊk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈduk.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''conductus''' ''m'' (genitive conductī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The adjective is the participle of [[condūcō]] “to bring together; to hire”, and the noun is from the same verb with the suffix [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD cites Juvenal for the participle in the sense “leased”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source for the noun is Caelius Aurelianus (5th century AD).^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ As an adjective it meant hired, composed of hired men, and as a noun a hired man; in Juvenal it meant taken under contract, leased.^(OLD 2012) The noun ''conductus'' meant a contraction of the body in Caelius Aurelianus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant the carting of the harvest home and a water conduit or pipe.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''conduit'' it gave [[en|conduit]] about 1300, and Medieval Latin ''conductus'' “guidance” gave [[en|conduct]] in the mid-15th century, as in ''safe conduct''.^(Etymonline) The ''conductus'' was also a kind of medieval song.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it of what is leased.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses the noun.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''conduit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''conduct'' (noun) is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|hired|alt=Hired]]; leased.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A contraction (of the body).^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|conduit]]; carting.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[condūcō]]
+ * [[dūcō]]
+ * [[en|conduct]]
+ * [[en|conduit]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}