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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔbˈduː.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈduː.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''obdūcō''' (present infinitive obdūcere, perfect active obdūxī, supine obductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)
+ Accius has the imperative ''obdūc'', and an argument to Plautus the syncopated infinitive ''obdūxe''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ob-]] “towards, against” and [[dūcō]] “to lead”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of leading troops against an enemy.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to lead troops towards or against, as in Ennius, and in Plautus to bring into someone's presence; in Caesar it meant to extend a barrier in front.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius used it for blocking, Lucilius for drawing over as a cover, and Cicero for overlaying a surface and for drinking down, swallowing.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also has ''posterum diem obdūcere'' “to bring on the next day”.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to produce.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of troops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of barriers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of covering and swallowing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To lead against.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To extend in front (as a barrier).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To block.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To draw over; to [[m|en|cover]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To swallow.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[obductiō]]
+ * [[obductus]]
+ * [[superobductus]]
+ * [[obductō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abdūcō]]
+ * [[addūcō]]
+ * [[circumdūcō]]
+ * [[condūcō]]
+ * [[dēdūcō]]
+ * [[dīdūcō]]
+ * [[dūcō]]
+ * [[ēdūcō]]
+ * [[indūcō]]
+ * [[intrōdūcō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}