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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la dicō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.dɪ.kaːˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.di.kaˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''indicātūra''' ''f'' (genitive indicātūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|indicō|-ūra|t1=to point out, put a price on]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨indicō⟩ is from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|dicō|t=to proclaim, dedicate]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found in Pliny the Elder, whom Köbler dates 23/24–79 AD.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the setting of a price on a thing, valuation, and value, worth, the same as ''indicātiō'', and Lewis & Short call it Plinian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|valuation|alt=Valuation]]; value, worth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[index]]
+ * [[indicābilis]]
+ * [[indicātiō]]
+ * [[indicātīvus]]
+ * [[indicātor]]
+ * [[indicīna]]
+ * [[indicium]]
+ * [[indicō]]
+ * [[indiculum]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}