causidicus Latin · revision 9934

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la causa, la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kau̯ˈsɪ.dɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kau̯ˈsiː.di.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''causidicus''' ''m'' (genitive causidicī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''caussidicus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the phrase ⟨causam dīcere⟩ “to plead a case”, a compound of [[causa]] and [[m|la|-dicus]] from [[dīcō]] “to say”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a pleader of causes, an advocate, often with a contemptuous tone, a mere professional pleader as opposed to an orator, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for an ecclesiastical advocate, the opposing party in a lawsuit, and a lay assessor or magistrate (German ''Schöffe'', ''Schultheiß'').^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for an advocate, pleader.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a pleader.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A pleader, [[m|en|advocate]], [[m|en|barrister]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An ecclesiastical advocate; an opposing party; an [[m|en|assessor]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[causidicālis]]

+ * [[causidicina]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[causa]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[iūridicus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}