anhelus Latin · revision 6185

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₂enh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈneː.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈnɛː.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''anhēlus''' (feminine anhēla, neuter anhēlum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*anaslo-|t=breath]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-slo-|t=a breathing]], from the root [[ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-|t=to breathe]] of [[animus]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|अनिति|tr=ániti|t=breathes]], [[sga|anaid|t=stays, waits]] and [[txb|anāṣṣäṃ|t=breathed in]].^(de Vaan 2008) The /h/ may be imitative or taken from [[hālō]] “to breathe”, and Schrijver explains the lack of syncope by the double consonant closing the second syllable.^(de Vaan 2008) The verb [[anhēlō]] “to pant” is derived from it, though the OLD takes the adjective from the verb.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius, who uses it of panting thirst.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant gasping, panting, out of breath, from exertion, as Virgil's panting horses of the dawn, from heat or thirst, or from emotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant blowing hot air, steaming, as Silius' globes of flame, and causing breathlessness, as Ovid's breathless running.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short say it is only poetic.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant breathless, and also ardently eager.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of thirst.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of horses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Panting]], gasping, out of breath.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Steaming, blowing hot air.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Causing breathlessness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Eager.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[anhēlō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[hālō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}