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admirabilitas

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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]

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