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+ {{homograph|1|suck}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁(y)-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfeːl.loː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''fēllō''' (present infinitive fēllāre, perfect active fēllāvī, supine fēllātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''fēlō''.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*fēlājō]], from earlier ⟨*θēlājō⟩, [[inh|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-ti]], from [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-|t=to suck, suckle]].^(Wiktionary) Cognates include [[sa|धयति|tr=dhayati|t=sucks]], [[grc|θηλή|tr=thēlḗ|t=nipple]], [[got|𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=daddjan|t=to suckle]] and [[cu|доити|tr=doiti|t=to suckle]].^(Wiktionary) It is related to [[fēmina]], [[fīlius]] and [[fētus]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Varro's ''Menippean Satires'', of sucking milk and sucking a she-wolf.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to suck milk, to suck the milk of, as in Varro, and Lewis & Short call it ante-classical and poetic.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Catullus and Martial it meant to perform fellatio.^(OLD 2012) English ''fellate'' (1968) is a back-formation from its derivative ''fellātiō''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of sucking milk.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it in its obscene sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1968 – English ''fellate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|suck]] (milk); to suck the milk of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To perform [[m|en|fellatio]] on.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[fēllātor]]
+ * [[fēllātrīx]]
+
+ {{homograph|2|villain (Medieval Latin)}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=Capitularies, 858}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''fellō''' ''m'' (genitive fellōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''fillō''.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The Medieval Latin noun ⟨fellō⟩, ⟨-ōnis⟩ is of uncertain origin.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) One common hypothesis has it [[bor|frk|*falljō]], or, according to Etymonline, Frankish ⟨*fillo⟩ “one who whips, scourger”; a derivation from [[m|la|fel|t=bile]] has also been suggested, and Wiktionary reports the OED as calling it the most probable; a third view takes it as an obscene term of abuse from the verb ⟨fellō⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is a capitulary of 858.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a knave, villain, a rogue, bandit, evil-doer, a coward, and an unfaithful vassal.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''felon'' “evil-doer, traitor” it gave English ''felon'' (c. 1300).^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 858 – A capitulary uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''felon'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A knave, [[m|en|villain]], evil-doer.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A coward; an unfaithful [[m|en|vassal]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[irrumō]]
+ * [[fēmina]]
+ * [[fīlius]]
+ * [[en|felon]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}