adoleo Latin · revision 6072

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈdɔ.ɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdɔː.le.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adoleō''' (present infinitive adolēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|oleō|t2=to feed (the fire)]], from [[itc-pro|*oleje-]], [[ine-pro|*h₂ol-éye-|t=to feed]], the causative of the root of [[alō]] “to nourish”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The LIV explains the shift from “to feed” to “to burn” by its use in offerings, “to feed the fire”, which also fits [[altāria]] “altar”, a derivative of the participle *alto- “fed”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|uřetu]], which takes the object [[m|xum|pir|t=fire]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius, who speaks of making altars smoke with offerings.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make a burnt offering of, to burn in sacrifice, and with an ablative to honour an altar or gods with burnt offerings, as Virgil's Dido who feeds the household gods with flames.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From the ritual it came to mean to burn or destroy by fire, as Ovid's stubble burnt after the harvest.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short also record a Plautine verb “to give off a smell”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its participle ''adultus'' “fed” is the same in form as that of [[adolēscō]] “to grow up”, from the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius speaks of altars heaped with offerings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of offerings to the household gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of burning stubble.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a [[m|en|burnt offering]] of, burn ritually.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make offerings on (an [[m|en|altar]]), honour with offerings.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To destroy by fire, burn.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adolefactus]]

+ * [[adolēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aboleō]]

+ * [[alō]]

+ * [[altāria]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}