diduco Latin · revision 9637

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *dewk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīdūcō''' (present infinitive dīdūcere, perfect active dīdūxī, supine dīductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|dūcō|t1=apart|t2=to lead, draw]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨dūcō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*douk-e-]], from [[ine-pro|*dewk-e/o-|t=to draw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations is Cato, of distributing or dispersing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to cause to come apart, divide, split, as in Ovid; to pull or draw apart so as to leave a gap, as in Tacitus; to separate in several directions, distribute, disperse, as of troops spread out; and in Celsus to distribute into channels or branches.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to draw apart, divide, separate.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of channels.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cause to come apart, [[m|en|divide]], split, [[m|en|sever]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To pull or draw apart, leaving a gap.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To separate in several directions, distribute, [[m|en|disperse]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To distribute into channels or branches.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīductiō]]

+ * [[dīductus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abdūcō]]

+ * [[addūcō]]

+ * [[circumdūcō]]

+ * [[condūcō]]

+ * [[dēdūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ēdūcō]]

+ * [[indūcō]]

+ * [[intrōdūcō]]

+ * [[obdūcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}