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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈneː.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈnɛː.lo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''anhēlō''' (present infinitive anhēlāre, perfect active anhēlāvī, supine anhēlātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[anhēlus]] “panting”, perhaps from a prefix ⟨an-⟩, as Greek ⟨aná⟩, and ⟨*anslō⟩, as in [[hālō]] “to breathe”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Caecilius, of panting from exertion.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Caecilius 230/220–168 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to breathe hard, pant, as in Caecilius, and in Virgil of fire or bellows to blow a hot blast.^(OLD 2012) In Silius the sea surges, and in Cicero it meant to breathe forth, ''animam anhēlāre'' to gasp out one's life, and to utter breathlessly.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to thirst for, pant after.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to desire, pant for.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian ''anelare'' and Spanish ''anhelar'' “to long for”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it of panting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of gasping out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|pant]], gasp.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of fire, to blow a hot blast.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of the sea, to surge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To breathe forth; to utter breathlessly.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To long for, [[m|en|yearn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[anhelatio]]
+ * [[anhēlātor]]
+ * [[anhēlitus]]
+ * [[anhēlus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[hālō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}