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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dicō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.dɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.diˈkat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''indicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive indicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|indicō|-tiō|t1=to point out, put a price on]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ⟨indicō⟩ is from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|dicō|t=to proclaim, dedicate]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus' ''Persa'', of setting a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the setting of a price on a thing, valuation, value, as in Plautus and Pliny, and in the jurists, as in Ulpian, a statement, declaration.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a direction, indication, reference.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a declaration, statement, revelation.^(DMLBS) English ''indication'' (early 15th century, “a sign”) is from it, as are French ''indication'', Italian ''indicazione'' and Spanish ''indicación''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) German ''Indikation'' in medicine also comes from it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of a declaration.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''indication'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The setting of a price, [[m|en|valuation]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A statement, declaration.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A direction, [[m|en|indication]].^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[index]]
+ * [[indicābilis]]
+ * [[indicātīvus]]
+ * [[indicātor]]
+ * [[indicātūra]]
+ * [[indicīna]]
+ * [[indicium]]
+ * [[indicō]]
+ * [[indiculum]]
+ * [[en|indication]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}