olfacio Latin · revision 10130

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la oleō, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔɫˈfa.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [olˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''olfaciō''' (present infinitive olfacere, perfect active olfēcī, supine olfactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive^(Wiktionary)

+ The uncontracted ''olefaciō'' occurs in Pliny and the Tironian notes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a syncopated form of ⟨olefaciō⟩, from [[oleō]] “to smell” and [[faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨faciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fak-i-]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-k-|t=to make]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, “to smell”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to detect by smell, smell, scent, as in Plautus and Cicero, figuratively to scent out, and in Celsus to sniff at something.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to smell.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''olfare''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of sniffing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|smell]], scent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|sniff]] at.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[olfactō]]

+ * [[olfactus]]

+ * [[subolfaciō]]

+ * [[olfactōria]]

+ * [[olfactōrium]]

+ * [[olfactrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[oleō]]

+ * [[odor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}