elicio Latin · revision 9477

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēliciō''' (present infinitive ēlicere, perfect active ēlicuī or ēlē̆xī, supine ēlicitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Perfect ''ēlicuī'', and Arnobius has ''ēlexī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] “out” and [[laciō]] “to entice”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*lak-i-|t=to draw, pull]] for ⟨laciō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of luring someone out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to coax or lure out, as in Plautus and Caesar; to call forth, summon; to draw out a remark or secret, elicit, as in Cicero; to arouse a latent feeling; and to draw forth substances or phenomena, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bring forth, elicit, allure, call out.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''ēlicitus'' gave [[en|elicit]] in the 1640s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1640s – English ''elicit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lure out, entice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To call forth, summon.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw out, [[m|en|elicit]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To arouse.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēlectō]]

+ * [[aquaelicium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laciō]]

+ * [[lacessō]]

+ * [[illiciō]]

+ * [[en|elicit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}