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Latin
Etymology
Compare Icelandic vilja vel (“to wish well”).
Verb
bene volō (present infinitive bene velle, perfect active bene voluī); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no imperative
- to love in a non-romantic fashion; to wish well
- Coordinate term: amō
c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE,
Catullus,
Carmina 72:
- Qui potis est? inquis. Quod amantem iniūria tālis / cōgit amāre magis, sed bene velle minus.
- How can it be? you ask. Because such an injury makes a lover love more but be less friendly.
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