admirabilitas

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ad.miː.raːˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.mi.raˈbiː.li.tas]^[1]

Forms

admīrābilitās f (genitive admīrābilitātis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin admīrābilis (“admirable, wonderful”) + -tās, from admīror (“to wonder at”).^[2][1][3] ⟨admīror⟩ is from ad- and mīror (“to wonder at”).^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Cicero, quanta sit admīrābilitās caelestium rērum “how wonderful the heavenly bodies are”.^[3][4] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant wonderful character, remarkableness, admirableness, and admiration, wonder, both in Cicero.^[2][5][4]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[2][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. Wonderful character, remarkableness.^[2]
2. Admiration, wonder.^[2]

Related words

• admīrābilis
• admīror

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press