addictio Latin · revision 9217

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''addictiō''' ''f'' (genitive addictiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[addīcō]] “to adjudge, award” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[ad-]] and [[dīcō]] “to say”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the adjudging or assignment of disputed property by a praetor or judge, as in Cicero, and in Gaius the assigning of a debtor to the custody of his creditor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The land surveyors used it for fixing a judge or a price.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a sentence.^(DMLBS) [[en|addiction]] (about 1600, “tendency, inclination”; 1640s, the state of being given up to a habit) is from Latin ''addīcere'' “to give over”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of debtors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''addiction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' The adjudging, assignment (of property).^(OLD 2012)

+ # The assigning of a debtor to his creditor.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[addīcō]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[en|addiction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}