obvolvo Latin · revision 9630

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *welH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔbˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obvolvō''' (present infinitive obvolvere, perfect active obvolvī, supine obvolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ob-|volvō|t2=to roll]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨volvō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*welu-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*wel-u-|t=to wind]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of muffling up the head.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to cover the head or face completely by wrapping it, muffle up, as in Plautus and Cicero's account of the painter who veiled Agamemnon's head (''obvolvendum caput''); and in Celsus to wind a bandage over.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short give a figurative use, to cloak, disguise, in Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to wrap up, cover all round, muffle.^(Stelten 1995) English ''obvolve'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of bandages.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To cover the head or face by wrapping it, [[m|en|muffle]] up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To wrap or wind a [[m|en|bandage]] over.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To cloak, disguise.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volvō]]

+ * [[en|obvolve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}