filiola Latin · revision 10185

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁(y)-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fiːˈli.ɔ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fiˈliː.o.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fīliola''' ''f'' (genitive fīliolae, masculine fīliolus); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|fīlia|-ola|t1=daughter]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨fīlius⟩ from [[itc-pro|*fīlio-|t=son]], from an adjective [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁i-l-|t=suckling, child]], cognate with Faliscan ⟨fileo⟩ “son” and Venetic ⟨filia⟩ “daughter”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Plautus' ''Cistellaria'', ''ēducāre aliquam prō fīliolā suā'' “to bring up a girl as one's own little daughter”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a little daughter, often affectionately, as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a goddaughter.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian ''figliola'', Catalan ''fillola'' and Spanish ''hijuela'', and French ''filleule'' “goddaughter” is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A little [[m|en|daughter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|goddaughter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fīlia]]

+ * [[fīliolus]]

+ * [[fīlius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}