duello

See also: duellò and düello

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duello. Doublet of duel.

Noun

duello (plural duellos or duelloes or duelli)

1. (obsolete) A duel.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 269, column 2:

     Come ſir Andrew, there's no remedie, the Gentleman will for his honors ſake haue one bowt with you: he cannot by the Duello avoide it: but hee has promiſed me, as he is a Gentleman and a Soldiour, he will not hurt you.

   • 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:  […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

     the duello or monomachia

   • 1904, Alfred Henry Lewis, “How a President is Bred”, in The President: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: A[lfred] S[mith] Barnes and Company, →OCLC, page 24:

     The native State of Patrick Henry Hanway was a moss-grown member of the republic and had been one of the original thirteen. It possessed with other impedimenta a moss-grown aristocracy that borrowed money, devoured canvasbacks, drank burgundy, wore spotless tow in summer, clung to the duello, and talked of days of greatness which had been before the war.

Related terms

• code duello

Anagrams

• deloul

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin duellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: du‧èl‧lo

Noun

duello m (plural duelli)

1. duel

Derived terms

• duellare

Descendants

• → English: duello
• → Ottoman Turkish: دووللو (düvello)
  • Turkish: düello

Etymology 2

Verb

duello

1. first-person singular present indicative of duellare

Further reading

• duello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

From duellum +‎ -ō.

Verb

duellō (present infinitive duellāre, perfect active duellāvī, supine duellātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to duel

Conjugation

Conjugation of duellō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	duellō	duellās	duellat	duellāmus	duellātis	duellant
	imperfect	duellābam	duellābās	duellābat	duellābāmus	duellābātis	duellābant
	future	duellābō	duellābis	duellābit	duellābimus	duellābitis	duellābunt
	perfect	duellāvī	duellāvistī	duellāvit	duellāvimus	duellāvistis	duellāvērunt, duellāvēre
	pluperfect	duellāveram	duellāverās	duellāverat	duellāverāmus	duellāverātis	duellāverant
	future perfect	duellāverō	duellāveris	duellāverit	duellāverimus	duellāveritis	duellāverint
passive	present	duellor	duellāris, duellāre	duellātur	duellāmur	duellāminī	duellantur
	imperfect	duellābar	duellābāris, duellābāre	duellābātur	duellābāmur	duellābāminī	duellābantur
	future	duellābor	duellāberis, duellābere	duellābitur	duellābimur	duellābiminī	duellābuntur
	perfect	duellātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	duellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	duellātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	duellem	duellēs	duellet	duellēmus	duellētis	duellent
	imperfect	duellārem	duellārēs	duellāret	duellārēmus	duellārētis	duellārent
	perfect	duellāverim	duellāverīs	duellāverit	duellāverīmus	duellāverītis	duellāverint
	pluperfect	duellāvissem	duellāvissēs	duellāvisset	duellāvissēmus	duellāvissētis	duellāvissent
passive	present	dueller	duellēris, duellēre	duellētur	duellēmur	duellēminī	duellentur
	imperfect	duellārer	duellārēris, duellārēre	duellārētur	duellārēmur	duellārēminī	duellārentur
	perfect	duellātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	duellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	duellā	—	—	duellāte	—
	future	—	duellātō	duellātō	—	duellātōte	duellantō
passive	present	—	duellāre	—	—	duellāminī	—
	future	—	duellātor	duellātor	—	—	duellantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		duellāre	duellāvisse	duellātūrum esse	duellārī	duellātum esse	duellātum īrī
participles		duellāns	—	duellātūrus	—	duellātus	duellandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		duellandī	duellandō	duellandum	duellandō	duellātum	duellātū

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

duellō

1. dative/ablative singular of duellum