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revello

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ vellō (pluck out).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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revellō (present infinitive revellere, perfect active revellī, supine revolsum); third conjugation

  1. to pluck or pull out
  2. to wrench out
  3. to disturb, violate
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.427:
      “[...] nec patris Anchīsae cinerem mānīsve revellī, [...].”
      “[...] neither did I violate the ashes nor [disquiet] the shade of his father Anchises, [...].”
      (Dido is speaking rhetorically as if she had done an injustice to the family of Aeneas.)

Conjugation

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References

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  • revello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • revello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • revello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to burst open the door: ianuam effringere, revellere
    • to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere