immolo Latin · revision 32016

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *melh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪm.mɔ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immolō''' (present infinitive immolāre, perfect active immolāvī, supine immolātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inm-''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative verb [[af|la|in-|mola|t2=sacrificial meal]], “to sprinkle with meal”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) The noun [[m|la|mola|t=millstone; salted meal]] belongs to [[m|la|molō|t=to grind]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to crush, grind]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|kumaltu|t=let him grind]], [[hit|malla-|t=to grind]] and [[grc|μύλη|tr=múlē|t=mill]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “he sacrificed a fine golden victim”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to sprinkle a victim with salted meal, the ''mola salsa'', before the sacrifice: Cato tells of the oxen of Lavinium that ran off into the woods after being sprinkled and before being killed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It then means to offer a victim in sacrifice, also without an object, as in Cicero's people who prayed and sacrificed all day, and to offer a libation.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of killing a man like a victim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “immolate, sacrifice; render”,^(Stelten 1995) and Christian writers use it of presenting an offering.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of sacrificing a victim.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of sprinkling the oxen of Lavinium.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of killing a fallen enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|immolate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To sprinkle a victim with sacrificial meal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|sacrifice]], offer as a victim; to offer a libation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To kill like a victim, [[m|en|slay]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To present as an offering.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immolātīcius]]

+ * [[immolātiō]]

+ * [[immolator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mola]]

+ * [[molo|alt=molō]]

+ * [[en|immolate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}