docilitas Latin · revision 9789

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''docilitās''' ''f'' (genitive docilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|docilis|-tās|t1=teachable]], from [[m|la|doceō|t=to teach]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨doceō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*dok-eje-]], from [[ine-pro|*doḱ-eye/o-|t=to make someone accept something]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant aptness to learn, teachableness, docility, as in Cicero and Nepos, and in Eutropius gentleness, kindness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant docility.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for readiness to learn, as in rhetoric, where the audience was to be led to goodwill, docility and attention.^(DMLBS) English ''docility'' (1550s, “aptness to learn”) came through French ''docilité''; it is also Italian ''docilità'' and Spanish ''docilidad''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''docility'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Aptness to learn, [[m|en|docility]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Gentleness, kindness.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[docilis]]

+ * [[doceō]]

+ * [[en|docility]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}