fello
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.loː/, [ˈfɛl.loː]
Etymology 1
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.
Conjugation
Quotations
- 1st century AD, Martial, Epigrams 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)
- Quod fellas et aquam potas, nil, Lesbia, peccas:
Descendants
- English: fellate
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Frankish *fellō (“evildoer”).
Declension
Third declension.
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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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