flaveo Latin · revision 34164

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81/79–52/50 BC, Catullus|origins=la flāvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɫaː.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈflaː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flāveō''' (present infinitive flāvēre, perfect active flāvuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|flāvus|-eō|t1=yellow, golden]], a stative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan tentatively traces the adjective to [[ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-uo-|t=yellow]], comparing [[mga|blá|t=yellow]] and the Germanic words for “blue”, but calls the link with the Germanic words hazardous.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first use is the participle in Catullus, ''flaventia arva'', “golden fields”.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL notes that the finite verb is found only in a few places (Ovid's Amores, Columella, Paulinus of Nola, Isidore); elsewhere it is the present participle.^(TLL) Columella writes that the crop will turn golden with ripe ears,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) and Ovid uses it of hair that is blond.^(Conte 2010) The participle ''flāvēns'' is used of wax, of sand, of hair and especially of ripe grain;^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil describes Clytius as ''flāvēns prīmā lānūgine mālās'', “golden with the first down on his cheeks”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Medieval writers still use it of golden metal and of golden cups.^(MLW)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus has ''flāventia arva''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses the participle of fields and of a young man's cheeks.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of blond hair and of wax.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of ripening grain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 353–431 AD – Paulinus of Nola uses the finite verb.^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be [[m|en|yellow]], be golden or [[m|en|blond]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flāvus]]

+ * [[flāvēscō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Conte warns not to confuse the infinitive ''flāvēre'' with ''flāvēre'', a by-form of the perfect ''flāvērunt'' of [[flō]], “to blow”.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}