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fel

fel · n

the gall-bladder

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What it meant

1. fel — Lewis & Short

fel, fellis, n.Gr. xo/los, gall; cf. Germ. Galle; Engl. gall,

I the gall-bladder, gall, bile (cf. bilis): jecur a dextra parte sub praecordiis: ex inferiore parte ei fel inhaeret, Cels. 4, 1; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 191; 31, 10, 46, § 119; Ov. M. 2, 777: gallinaceum, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 29: nigrum, Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 193: piscis, Vulg. Tobiae, 6, 5.—In plur.: fella, Ser. Samm. 19, 333; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 19; id. Tard. 1, 4 fin. al.—Poet.: hic vero Alcidae furiis exarserat atro Felle dolor, because the bile was regarded as the seat of rage, Verg. A. 8, 220.—

B Transf.

1 Poisonous liquid, poison (poet.): vipereum, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 16; id. P. 1, 2, 18: sagitta armata felle veneni, Verg. A. 12, 857.—

2 Fel terrae, a plant, the lesser centaury, the fumitory (Fumaria officinalis, Linn.), Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 68.—

II Trop. (only in poets, whereas bilis is used in the trop. signif. also in good prose), bitterness, acrimony, animosity (syn.: bilis, stomachus, invidia, livor; odium): amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70; cf.: corda felle sunt lita, id. Truc. 1, 2, 77: omnia jam tristi tempora felle madent, Tib. 2, 4, 11; Mart. 7, 25.

2. fel — Walde–Hofmann

fel (£ bezeugt von Prisc., vgl. mel), fellis n. (m. Orib., rom. auch 3 „Galle (in der Callenblase); allenblase" (Isid. 11, 1, 128); sek. (seit Pit. bzw. Varro) wie bilis „Galle als Flüssigkeit"; übtr. „Bitterkeit“ ; auch (z. T. Bed.-Lw. nach xóXoc) „Zorn, Neid, Gehässi keit u. dgl.“ (seit Plaut., rom. [auch fel terrae „Erdgalle*] unter Verdrängung von bilis, das fast nur gelehrt, Wartbur. 1 369. HI 445; felleus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fel, p. 505]

In the wild

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fel (scan p. 247; entry #3831).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fel (scan pp. 505-509; entry #1091). Root candidates: *gallön-, *feld-, *ghel-.

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