deplorabilis

Forms

dēplōrābilis (neuter dēplōrābile); third declension.^[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin dēplōrō (“to lament, bewail”) + -bilis.^[3][4] The verb is formed from dē- and plōrō (“to cry, weep”), for which de Vaan finds no etymology.^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs once in antiquity, in the Latin history of the Jewish war that goes under the name of Hegesippus (about 370–375 AD), where the author speaks of adding a “lamentable” epilogue to his work in the manner of the rhetoricians.^[3][1]

Semantic evolution

The dictionaries render it “lamentable, pitiable”,^[3][1][6] though Gaffiot translates it “plaintive”.^[2] Conte gives Late Latin deplorabilis as the source of Italian deplorabile.^[6]

Timeline

• c. 370–375 AD – The history ascribed to Hegesippus uses it of a mournful epilogue.^[3][1]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (Late Latin) Lamentable, pitiable, to be deplored.^[3][1][6]
2. (Late Latin) Plaintive.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
2. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
3. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
6. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier