exolesco Latin · revision 32352

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂el-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛk.sɔˈɫeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡ.zoˈlɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exolēscō''' (present infinitive exolēscere, perfect active exolēvī, supine exolētum); third conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''exsolēscō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ Suetonius has the perfect ''exoluī''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|olēscō|t=to grow]], compare [[m|la|abolēscō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it, dated from Plautus, among the derivatives of [[m|la|alō|t=to feed, raise]], from [[itc-pro|*ale/o-|t=to feed]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂el-]]; the vowel ⟨o⟩ of such compounds, as in [[m|la|adolēscō]], points to an old stative verb meaning to be growing up.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the prologue of the ''Poenulus'', which bids no grown-up prostitute sit on the stage.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to grow up, become adult, and Paul the Deacon's Festus explains [[exoletus|alt=exolētus]] as one who has passed the age of growing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From growing to the end it came to mean to grow old and stale or wear out, as Livy speaks of a family stock not yet exhausted, and to fade away, as Seneca's halos round the sun.^(OLD 2012) Above all it is to fall out of use or be forgotten, as Livy writes that favour towards a man's father had not yet faded.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a grown-up prostitute.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of fading favour and an exhausted family.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of halos that soon fade.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To grow up, become adult, mature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To grow stale, wear out; to fade away, die out.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To fall out of use, become [[m|en|obsolete]], be forgotten.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exolētus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}