detractio Latin · revision 9491

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dētractiō''' ''f'' (genitive dētractiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dētrahō]] “to take away; to disparage” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨dētrahō⟩ is from [[dē-]] and [[trahō]] “to draw”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his ''dētractiō aliēnī'' “taking what belongs to another”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a taking away, removal, withdrawal, as in Cicero, and ''dētractiō sanguinis'' was bloodletting.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian and Medieval Latin it was slander, defamation.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin also used it for the dragging of a criminal to execution.^(DMLBS) [[en|detraction]] (mid-14th century, “the vice of slandering”) came through Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''detraction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A taking away, removal, ''dētractiō sanguinis'' [[m|en|bloodletting]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|slander|alt=Slander]], [[m|en|detraction]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dētrahō]]

+ * [[trahō]]

+ * [[en|detraction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}