flebilis Latin · revision 31395

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *bʰleh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɫeː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈflɛː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flēbilis''' (neuter flēbile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|fleō|t=to weep]] with the suffix [[m|la|-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Priscian derived it from the future ⟨flēbō⟩, to explain the long ⟨ē⟩.^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨fleō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*flē-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|t=to bleat, cry]], cognate with [[lv|blêt|t=to bleat]] and [[ang|blǣtan|t=to bleat]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Accius and Lucilius;^(TLL) Köbler gives Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is worthy of tears or lamentable, as Cicero's “that wretched and lamentable sight”, and causing tears, as the scorpion's sting in Cicero's ''Aratea''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is accompanied by tears or expressive of sorrow, as Cicero's “O sorrowful vigils, O bitter nights!”, and of voices and music plaintive; the neuter is used as an adverb, as Ovid's shut-out lover who sings mournfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of people it is tearful or weeping, as Horace's weeping bride.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “sad, sorrowing, weeping, wretched”,^(Stelten 1995) and medieval Latin “weeping, plaintive”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a lamentable sight and of sorrowful vigils.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a weeping bride.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a mournful song.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worthy of tears, [[m|en|lamentable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Causing tears.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Mournful, [[m|en|plaintive]], doleful;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''(neuter as adverb)'' mournfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # (of people) [[m|en|tearful|alt=Tearful]], weeping.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fleō]]

+ * [[flētus]]

+ * [[lacrimābilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}