anhelo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [aˈneː.ɫoː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈnɛː.lo]^[1]

Forms

anhēlō (present infinitive anhēlāre, perfect active anhēlāvī, supine anhēlātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from anhēlus “panting”, perhaps from a prefix ⟨an-⟩, as Greek ⟨aná⟩, and ⟨*anslō⟩, as in hālō “to breathe”.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Caecilius, of panting from exertion.^[2] Köbler dates Caecilius 230/220–168 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant to breathe hard, pant, as in Caecilius, and in Virgil of fire or bellows to blow a hot blast.^[2] In Silius the sea surges, and in Cicero it meant to breathe forth, animam anhēlāre to gasp out one's life, and to utter breathlessly.^[2] It also meant to thirst for, pant after.^[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to desire, pant for.^[4] It was borrowed into Italian anelare and Spanish anhelar “to long for”.^[1]

Timeline

• 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it of panting.^[2][3]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of gasping out.^[2][3]
• 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of fire.^[2][3]

Meanings

Verb

1. To pant, gasp.^[2]
2. Of fire, to blow a hot blast.^[2]
3. Of the sea, to surge.^[2]
4. To breathe forth; to utter breathlessly.^[2]
5. To long for, yearn.^[2][4]

Word family

• anhelatio
• anhēlātor
• anhēlitus
• anhēlus

Related words

• hālō

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson