displico Latin · revision 9359

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=la plicō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.plɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.pli.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''displicō''' (present infinitive displicāre, perfect active displicāvī, supine displicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[plicō]] “to fold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Lewis & Short cite only Varro, apparently in the sense “to scatter”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Varro it apparently meant to scatter, disperse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The glossaries give it the sense “to unfold”, which is the meaning in Medieval Latin.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)

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+ Through Old French ''desploiier'' “to unfold” it gave [[en|display]] about 1300, first “to unfurl” a banner, and through French ''déployer'' the military [[en|deploy]] in 1786.^(Etymonline) It also survives in Italian ''dispiegare'' and Spanish ''desplegar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1786 – English ''deploy'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To scatter, [[m|en|disperse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To [[m|en|unfold]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plicō]]

+ * [[explicō]]

+ * [[en|display]]

+ * [[en|deploy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}