disicio Latin · revision 9638

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *Hyeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o], [dɪsˈsɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''disiciō''' (present infinitive disicere, perfect active disiēcī, supine disiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''dissiciō'' and, less correctly, ''disiiciō''; the first syllable is always long.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|iaciō|t1=apart|t2=to throw]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The double ⟨ss⟩ of the variant ⟨dissiciō⟩ probably reflects palatalisation and doubling or assimilation of the consonant cluster.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨iaciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]], from [[ine-pro|*Hyeh₁-|t=to throw, let go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of breaking something up and scattering it.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to break up and scatter in fragments, as in Ennius; to drive in all directions, scatter, disperse troops or a crowd, as in Varro and Caesar; and figuratively to dispel, frustrate, put an end to a plan or state of affairs, as in Cato and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its participle ''disiectus'' appears in Ovid's ''disiecta membra'' “scattered limbs”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of scattering troops.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To break up and [[m|en|scatter]] in fragments.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To drive in all directions, [[m|en|disperse]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dispel, [[m|en|frustrate]], put an end to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disiectō]]

+ * [[disjectus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abiciō]]

+ * [[adiciō]]

+ * [[circumiciō]]

+ * [[cōniciō]]

+ * [[dēiciō]]

+ * [[ēiciō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

+ * [[iniciō]]

+ * [[intericiō]]

+ * [[obiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}