relevo Latin · revision 4649

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la levō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.ɫɛ.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.le.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''relevō''' (present infinitive relevāre, perfect active relevāvī, supine relevātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|levō|t2=to lift; to lighten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the First Catilinarian, says sick men who drink cold water seem relieved at first.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lighten a load, as Ovid's bees relieved of their honeycombs, and to relieve a person of pain or discomfort, ease, refresh.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to make hardships more bearable, to alleviate, as Cicero speaks of relieving surfeit with something bitter, and Ovid of relieving thirst.^(OLD 2012) Literally it was to raise from the ground or lift, a rare and mostly poetic sense, as Ovid's ''corpus ē terrā relevāre''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Younger uses ''caput relevāre'' of resting the mind.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its descendants include [[fr|relever]], [[it|rilevare]] and [[es|relevar]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|relieve]] is recorded in the late 14th century through Old French ''relever'', and [[en|relevant]] in the 1550s from the Medieval Latin participle ''relevāns'' “helping”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the sick being relieved.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of lifting and relieving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''relieve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1550s – English ''relevant'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lighten, relieve of a burden.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To ease, refresh, [[m|en|relieve]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|alleviate]], mitigate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To raise, lift up.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[relevāmen]]

+ * [[relevātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[levo|alt=levō]]

+ * [[en|relieve]]

+ * [[en|relevant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}