facile Latin · revision 17868

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfa.kɪ.ɫɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.le]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''facile''' (comparative facilius, superlative facillimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ An Old Latin inscription has the superlative ''facilumēd''; the classical forms are ''facilius'' and ''facillimē''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[facilis]] “easy”, used as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The adjective is formed from [[faciō]] “to do, make” (“doable”); de Vaan derives that verb from [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on;^(Köbler 2010) an Old Latin decree orders a tablet to be put up ''ubei facilumēd gnōscier potisit'', “where it can most easily be read”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Facile'' means “easily, without difficulty”, then “generally, often” (with a negative “rarely”), and “readily, willingly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means “without hesitation”, and in replies “certainly”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short also give “unquestionably”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It means “comfortably” of a pleasant life, and in Seneca the Elder “lightly, carelessly”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nimiō id quod pudet facilius fertur quam illud quod piget'', “what shames us is borne much more easily than what grieves us”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''quam vōs facillumē agitis'', “how comfortably you live”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''facile dīcēbat'', “he spoke readily”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust: ''haud facile quisquam grātuītō bonus est'', “hardly anyone is good for nothing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|easily]], without difficulty.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Generally, often;^(OLD 2012) ''(with negative)'' rarely.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Readily, [[m|en|willingly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Without hesitation;^(OLD 2012) ''(in replies)'' certainly;^(OLD 2012) unquestionably.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Comfortably.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Lightly, carelessly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[facilis]]

+ * [[faciō]]

+ * [[difficilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}