avolo Latin · revision 35901

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=la volō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āvolō''' (present infinitive āvolāre, perfect active āvolāvī, supine āvolātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The epitome of Festus records an archaic ⟨afvolant⟩ for ⟨āvolant⟩.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ab-|volō#2|t2=to fly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*gʷela-je/o-]]; de Vaan, following Muller, finds a derivation from [[ine-pro|*gʷelh₁-|t=to raise the arm, throw]] conceivable, though Walde and Hofmann rejected it.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Accius, of a creature soaring away on feathered tail,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) and in Titinius, of a cock that has flown off.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense is “to fly away”: Titinius also has a thing that flies back like a catapult bolt, Columella and the jurist Gaius speak of birds that fly away and come back, and Suetonius of chickens that flew off while the auspices were being taken.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Cicero uses it figuratively of the pleasures of the body, which fly away as soon as they come, of the soul leaving the body at death, and, ironically, of a heart that suddenly flew off somewhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Of people it means “to rush off, flee”: Cicero writes to Atticus that he will try to fly from where he is, Virgil has a young man fleeing on horseback, and Livy riders galloping off to Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Lewis & Short set it against [[advolō]], “to fly towards”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of a creature flying away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * end of 2nd/beginning of 1st century BC – Titinius uses it of a cock and a catapult bolt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of flight through the air.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of fleeing, of dying and of fleeting pleasure.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of a young man in flight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has riders galloping off to Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of chickens flying off during the auspices.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fly]] away, fly off;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (of a missile) to fly off;^(OLD 2012) (figurative) to vanish quickly.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # (of people) To rush off, [[m|en|flee]], hasten away.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of the soul) To depart at [[m|en|death]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advolō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}