feteo Latin · revision 36997

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfeː.te.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfɛː.te.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fēteō''' (present infinitive fētēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled '''foeteō''' and '''faeteō'''; the OLD files it under ''foeteō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The manuscripts give ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩ and ⟨oe⟩, and the TLL finds the evidence for ⟨e⟩ alone insufficient.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The OLD and the TLL compare [[m|la|fimum|t=dung]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and the OLD also [[m|la|suffiō]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan reports Ernout and Meillet's view that ⟨ae⟩ may be the oldest spelling and their comparison with [[m|la|foedus#1|t=repulsive]].^(de Vaan 2008) If ⟨oe⟩ is older, the verb is perhaps [[inh|itc-pro|*fwoit-]] or [[m|itc-pro|*fwōje/ot-|t=smoking, smelly]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰuoh₂-i-|t=to smoke]], and cognate with [[sga|dé|t=smoke]] and [[hit|tuhhuu̯ai-|t=smoke]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary likewise takes it back to [[m|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-|t=smoke]], the root of [[m|la|fūmus]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) meaning “to stink”: in the ''Asinaria'' one character asks another whether his wife's breath smells (''an fetet anima uxori tuae?'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Plautus already uses it figuratively of disgusting talk (''fi! fi! fetet tuus mihi sermo'', “ugh, your talk stinks to me”, in the ''Casina'').^(Lewis & Short 1879) Martial has a woman who smells of much wine,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Columella speaks of the reek of garlic and onions.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the 5th century Salvian writes that all the cities stink of brothels.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ecclesiastical Latin kept the plain sense “to stink”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of bad breath and of offensive talk.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of the smell of garlic and onions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a woman who smells of wine.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 435/439 AD – Salvian uses it of cities that reek of brothels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To have a bad [[m|en|smell]], to [[m|en|stink]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To be [[m|en|offensive]] or disgusting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fētidus]]

+ * [[fētor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fimum]]

+ * [[suffiō]]

+ * [[fūmus]]

+ * [[fūlīgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}