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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *gʷelh₁-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈeː.wɔ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēvolō''' (present infinitive ēvolāre, perfect active ēvolāvī, supine ēvolātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|volō|t1=out|t2=to fly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|volō|t=to fly]] to [[itc-pro|*gʷela-je/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷelh₁-ie/o-|t=to raise the arm, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is in a tragedy of Accius, of rising from a lowly seat to the heights.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to fly out or away, as of hens that must be kept from flying out of the enclosure in Varro, or of an eagle from an oak in Cicero, and to fly up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it of fire that flies out when stone is struck with iron.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is to rush out or hurry forth, as of witnesses who suddenly burst out in Cicero's ''Pro Caelio'', and to flee or escape, as of a quadrireme fleeing out of sight in the Verrines.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of flying up to the heights.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of hens flying out of their pen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of sparks flying from stone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of witnesses rushing out and a ship escaping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fly out or away.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To fly up; of things, to rise quickly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|rush]] out, hurry forth.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|flee]], [[m|en|escape]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēvolātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volo|alt=volō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}