innumerabilis Latin · revision 30957

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *nem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.nʊ.mɛˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.nu.meˈraː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''innumerābilis''' (neuter innumerābile, adverb innumerābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|in-|numerābilis|t2=countable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ⟨Numerābilis⟩ comes from [[m|la|numerō|t=to count]], from [[m|la|numerus|t=number]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*nomeso-]] and the root [[ine-pro|*nem-|t=to apportion]] of [[grc|νέμω|tr=némō|t=to distribute]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author.^(Köbler 2010) Cicero passes over other things that are ''innumerābilia'', countless.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is countless, with plurals, as Cicero's countless worlds and atoms and the shouts of numberless citizens, and with nouns of quantity, as ''innumerābilis pecūnia'', a vast sum of money, or an untold weight of gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “countless, innumerable, numberless”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of countless worlds, citizens and sums.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|countless|alt=Countless]], [[m|en|innumerable]], numberless.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[innumerābilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[numerus]]

+ * [[numerō]]

+ * [[innumerus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein calls [[innumerus]] a poetic and choice word, ''innumerābilis'' the usual prose word.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}