divello Latin · revision 31793

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la vellō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [diːˈwɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [diˈvɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīvellō''' (present infinitive dīvellere, perfect active dīvellī, supine dīvulsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|vellō|t2=to pluck, tear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vellō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*welnō|alt=*weln-e/o-]] and a nasal present of [[ine-pro|*welh₃-|alt=*uelh3-|t=to strike]], cognate with [[hit|u̯alh-|t=to hit, strike]] and [[grc|ἁλίσκομαι|tr=halískomai|t=to be caught]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to tear apart, tear to pieces”, as Catullus' Bacchants tossing the limbs of a torn bullock, and “to tear away”, as Cicero's landowners who would sooner have their limbs torn off than give up their estates.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is “to force apart, separate”, as in the elegy's prayer that no one part lovers, and Cicero's plea against anyone who would tear him from the man who saved his life.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to break up a relationship, as a partnership or a tie by marriage, and to separate things that belong together.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “rend, tear asunder”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of a torn bullock.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of severed ties.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|tear]] apart, rend; to tear away.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To force apart, [[m|en|separate]] persons.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To break up a relationship; to divide; to [[m|en|estrange]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vellō]]

+ * [[āvellō]]

+ * [[revellō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}