ventilo Latin · revision 34461

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *h₂ueh₁-nt-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈwɛn.tɪ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈvɛn.ti.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ventilō''' (present infinitive ventilāre, perfect active ventilāvī, supine ventilātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|ventulus|t=light breeze]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) a diminutive of [[m|la|ventus|t=wind]]; the OLD derives the verb directly from that noun.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces the noun to [[itc-pro|*wē̆nto-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ueh₁-nt-o-|t=wind]], originally the present participle of [[m|ine-pro|*h₂ueh₁-|t=to blow]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates are [[cy|gwynt|t=wind]], [[sa|वात|tr=vā́ta-|t=wind]] and [[txb|yente|t=wind]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is in Varro's work on agriculture, of olives that should be aired by being tossed in heaps.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to expose something to the air: olives, grain in the granary, wine, wax.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Varro, Columella and Pliny the Elder use it of tossing grain to [[m|en|winnow]] it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) It also means to fan: Juvenal has a little slave fanning a fire as he runs, and Martial a woman cooling a man with a fan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From the waving motion comes the sense of brandishing: Propertius has Venus waving a torch, and Martial weapons.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Used without object it means going through the motions of fighting: Seneca the Elder says fighting is one thing, ''ventilare'' another.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Figuratively it means to air an opinion or bandy something about: Fronto uses it of turning over a single idea, Apuleius of a name spread abroad.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In the Vulgate and Tertullian it means to strike or scatter enemies,^(Conte 2010) and Ecclesiastical Latin has it for fanning, winnowing, tossing and scattering.^(Stelten 1995) English borrowed its participle as [[m|en|ventilate]], first in the sense of scattering, as the wind does.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of airing olives and winnowing grain.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of waving a torch.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it of fanning a fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto uses it figuratively of turning over an idea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of scattering enemies.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English borrows it as [[m|en|ventilate|alt=ventilaten]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To expose to a [[m|en|draught]], to air.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To [[m|en|fan]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) to blow cool air.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(agriculture)'' To winnow grain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To wave in the air, [[m|en|brandish]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(absolute)'' to make passes in the air, go through the motions of fighting.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To air, bandy about, make public.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To strike, scatter, drive away.^(Conte 2010)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīventilō]]

+ * [[ēventilō]]

+ * [[reventilō]]

+ * [[ventilābrum]]

+ * [[ventilābundus]]

+ * [[ventilātiō]]

+ * [[ventilātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ventus]]

+ * [[en|ventilate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}