adoleo

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ oleō (smell).

Verb

adoleō (present infinitive adolēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to emit an odor, smell
    Synonym: frāgrō
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Etymology 2

    From ad- +‎ *oleō (to increase, grow), as in "feeding a fire".[1]

    Verb

    adoleō (present infinitive adolēre, perfect active adoluī, supine adultum); second conjugation

    1. to magnify or pile up with for sacrifice; burn, sacrifice
    2. to consume or destroy by fire, burn
      Synonyms: cremō, ūrō, cōnflagrō, flagrō, īnflammō, flammō, incendō, accendō, ārdeō
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    Descendants
    • Aromanian: adilju
    • Romanian: adia

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “adoleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 24-5

    Further reading

    • adoleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • adoleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • adoleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.