filiolus Latin · revision 9514

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁(y)-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fīliolus''' ''m'' (genitive fīliolī, feminine fīliola); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[fīlius]] “son” with the suffix [[-olus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨fīlius⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fīlio-|t=son]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰ(e)h₁i-l-|t=suckling, child]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Plautus' ''Captivi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a little son, a dear son, as in Plautus and Cicero's ''fīliolō mē auctum scītō'' “know that I have been blessed with a little son”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a godson.^(Niermeyer 1976) In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a little child, and British Medieval Latin used it figuratively of spiritual sons, as in the life of Cuthbert.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''figliolo'', Spanish ''hijuelo'' and French ''filleul'' “godson”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of his son.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A little son, dear son.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|godson]]; a spiritual son.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fīlius]]

+ * [[fīlia]]

+ * [[fīliola]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}