revelo Latin · revision 7456

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ovid|origins=la vēlum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈweː.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈvɛː.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''revēlō''' (present infinitive revēlāre, perfect active revēlāvī, supine revēlātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “back” and [[vēlō]] “to cover, veil”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short say it is not found before Augustus, and Ovid uses it of uncovering the face and of revealing a deception.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to remove a covering, unveil, as Ovid's face, Suetonius' head and Tacitus' forehead, and to raise the lid of a box.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Figuratively it meant to unmask a deception or disclose a secret, as in Ovid, Apuleius and Tertullian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to reveal, disclose, make known.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''reveler'' it gave [[en|reveal]] about 1400, first of divine revelation.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of unveiling the face and revealing a deception.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of baring the forehead.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of revealing.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''reveal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To uncover, [[m|en|unveil]]; to open.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To unmask; to [[m|en|reveal]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[revēlātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vēlō]]

+ * [[vēlum]]

+ * [[en|reveal]]

+ * [[en|revelation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}