redoleo Latin · revision 33298

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₃ed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈdɔ.ɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈdɔː.le.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''redoleō''' (present infinitive redolēre, perfect active redoluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ Priscian records the perfects ''redoluī'' and ''redolēvī''.^(TLL)

+ A late manuscript spells it ''reoleō''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|re-|alt=red-]] and [[m|la|oleō|t=to smell]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan treats [[m|la|oleō]] under [[m|la|odor|t=smell]], tracing the family to [[itc-pro|*ode/o-|t=to smell]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃ed-|t=to smell]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ὄζω|tr=ózō|t=to smell]] and [[lt|úosti|t=to smell, sniff]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first quotation is from Lucretius,^(OLD 2012) who says that broken things seem to smell more, ''fracta magis redolere videntur omnia''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Intransitively it is to give off a smell, to be fragrant:^(OLD 2012) Virgil has honey fragrant with thyme, and Ovid apples in open baskets.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Transitively it is to smell of something: Cicero speaks of food reeking of wine, ''vīnum redolentibus'', and Pliny the Elder, Quintilian and Martial use it of ointments, thyme and delicacies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to smack of: Cicero has speeches that smack of antiquity, and says that Athens itself seems to breathe from another orator's speeches.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Capitolinus uses it of getting scent of something.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is to smell, to be redolent of.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of things giving off a smell.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of reeking of wine and of speeches smacking of antiquity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of honey fragrant with thyme.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give off a [[m|en|scent]], be fragrant or odorous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To smell of, be [[m|en|redolent]] of;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) figuratively, to [[m|en|smack]] of.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oboleō]]

+ * [[oleō]]

+ * [[suboleō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}