aboleo Latin · revision 707

+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aboleō''' (present infinitive abolēre, perfect active abolēvī, supine abolitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It probably contains [[m|la|ab-|t=away]] and a verb going back to [[itc-pro|*ol-ē-]], a causative [[inh|ine-pro|*h₃olh₁-éye-|t=to bring down, destroy]], from the root of [[grc|ὄλλυμι|tr=óllumi|t=to destroy]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan follows the LIV in this, and adds that ''aboleo'' and [[grc|ἀπόλλυμι|tr=apóllumi|t=to destroy utterly]] may continue the same Proto-Indo-European combination with a preverb.^(de Vaan 2008) Walde and Hofmann and Ernout and Meillet wondered whether it was formed as the opposite of [[adoleo|alt=adolēre]] “to grow”, a view the OLD and Lewis and Short follow.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Columella onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) but the OLD and the TLL cite it already in Virgil, who uses it of flesh that no water can cleanse and of [[m|en|destroying]] all reminders of Aeneas.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb meant to destroy or efface, and of people to kill; in the passive it meant to die.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to dispel conditions and feelings, to efface a memory, and to wipe out disgrace, as in Livy's ''abolere ignominiam''.^(OLD 2012) In public life it meant to abolish or suppress institutions, laws and rites, and in law to drop a charge or abandon a prosecution.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ The TLL notes that it appears from Virgil and Livy, is rare in the 1st century AD, and becomes frequent in Suetonius and Pliny the Younger.^(TLL) Through French ''abolir'' it gave [[en|abolish]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of destroying all reminders of Aeneas.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it for abolishing a magistracy and wiping out disgrace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it for abolishing taxes and rites.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – Through French it gives [[en|abolish]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To destroy, efface; to kill, (passive) to die.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To dispel, banish (a condition, a feeling).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To efface from the memory; to wipe out (disgrace).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|abolish]], suppress (an institution, law, rite).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(law)'' To drop (a charge); to abandon (a prosecution).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abolēfaciō]]

+ * [[abolitiō]]

+ * [[abolitor]]

+ * [[abolēscō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adoleō]]

+ * [[dēleō]]

+ * [[en|abolish]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}