fullo

Gothic

Romanization

fullō

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍉

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), or from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈful.loː/, [ˈfʊlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.lo/, [ˈfulːo]

Noun

fullō f (genitive fullōnis); third declension

1. fuller (person who fulls cloth)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fullō	fullōnēs
Genitive	fullōnis	fullōnum
Dative	fullōnī	fullōnibus
Accusative	fullōnem	fullōnēs
Ablative	fullōne	fullōnibus
Vocative	fullō	fullōnēs

Descendants

• English: fuller
• French: foulon
• Galician: folón

Further reading

• “fullo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fullo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fullo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fullo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “fullo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• folle

Adverb

fullo

1. fully

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen