fello
See also: felló
Fula
Alternative forms
- (Maasina) ferro
Etymology
Cognate with Serer ɓil (“mountain”).
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin fellō (“criminal”). Doublet of fellone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: fèl‧lo
Further reading
- fello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *fēlājō, from earlier *θēlājō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognates include Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”), and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti). Related to fēmina, fīlius, fētus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːl.loː/, [ˈfeːlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]
Verb
fēllō (present infinitive fēllāre, perfect active fēllāvī, supine fēllātum); first conjugation[1][2]
- to suck
- (vulgar, in particular) to fellate, perform fellatio, suck off
- 1st century CE, Martial, Epigrams, section 2.50:
- Quod fellas et aquam potas, nil, Lesbia, peccas:
qua tibi parte opus est, Lesbia, sumis aquam.- Because you suck [cock] and drink water, Lesbia, you err in nothing:
in just the part you ought to be, Lesbia, you're making use of the water.
- Because you suck [cock] and drink water, Lesbia, you err in nothing:
Conjugation
Descendants
- → English: fellate
See also
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.loː/, [ˈfɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]
Noun
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fellō | fellōnēs |
Genitive | fellōnis | fellōnum |
Dative | fellōnī | fellōnibus |
Accusative | fellōnem | fellōnēs |
Ablative | fellōne | fellōnibus |
Vocative | fellō | fellōnēs |
Descendants
References
- “fello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fello in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “fel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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