dispicio Latin · revision 9273

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la speciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈpɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dispiciō''' (present infinitive dispicere, perfect active dispexī, supine dispectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] and ⟨speciō⟩ “to look”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, “to consider, examine”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to consider, examine, as in Plautus, to see clearly, pick out with the eyes, discern, as in Cicero, and in Vitruvius to look in several directions, look about for.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that Lucretius uses it of seeing through, opening one's eyes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To look about for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To consider, [[m|en|examine]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To see clearly, [[m|en|discern]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dispectiō]]

+ * [[dispector]]

+ * [[dispectus]]

+ * [[dispectō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēspicio]]

+ * [[aspiciō]]

+ * [[cōnspiciō]]

+ * [[respiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}