scisco Latin · revision 9729

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *skeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scīscō''' (present infinitive scīscere, perfect active scīvī, supine scītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect forms are always written in full, without syncope, and Priscian mentions a deponent ''sciscor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sciō|-scō|t1=to know]], an inchoative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*skije/o-|t=to know]], from [[ine-pro|*skh₁-i-|t=to incise]], and thinks ⟨sciō⟩ is probably a back-formation from ⟨nesciō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of finding out and of voting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to seek to know, inquire, ascertain, as in Plautus, Pacuvius and Accius; and of a legislative body, especially the plebs, to vote for, approve a resolution, as in Cicero and Livy, whence ''plēbis scītum'' “plebiscite”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to inquire, find out, approve, assent to.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of inquiring.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the plebs voting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To seek to know, find out, [[m|en|ascertain]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of the plebs or a legislative body)'' To vote for, approve.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ascīscō]]

+ * [[cōnscīscō]]

+ * [[dēscīscō]]

+ * [[perscīscō]]

+ * [[perscītus]]

+ * [[praesciscō]]

+ * [[rescīscō]]

+ * [[scītāmenta]]

+ * [[scītulus]]

+ * [[scīscitor]]

+ * [[scītor]]

+ * [[scītum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sciō]]

+ * [[scītātiō]]

+ * [[scītē]]

+ * [[plēbiscītum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}