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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪn.du.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.du.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''induō''' (present infinitive induere, perfect active induī, supine indūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from ⟨indu-⟩ “in” and a verb ⟨*uō⟩ “to put on” also seen in [[exuō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL reconstructs ⟨*ind-ovō⟩ and compares [[induviae]], Umbrian ⟨anovihimu⟩ “let him put on” and Lithuanian ⟨aũti⟩ “to have footwear on”.^(TLL) Wiktionary and Lewis & Short compare [[grc|ἐνδύω|tr=endúō|t=to put on]].^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of putting on arms.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to put a garment or arms on someone, as in Cicero's ''alicui tunicam induere''; to put on oneself, don, so ''arma induere'' “to take up arms”; to assume an appearance or role; to clothe, dress, as in Propertius; and to implant a quality or feeling in someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to clothe, put on, cover, engage in.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of putting a tunic on someone.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of clothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To put on (a person), [[m|en|clothe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To put on oneself, [[m|en|don]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|assume]] (an appearance, role).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To implant, impart (a quality).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[indūcula]]
+ * [[indūmentum]]
+ * [[indusium]]
+ * [[indūtiae]]
+ * [[indūtilis]]
+ * [[indutorius]]
+ * [[indūtus]]
+ * [[redindutus]]
+ * [[superinduō]]
+ * [[indūtor]]
+ * [[induviae]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[exuō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}