optabilis Latin · revision 31691

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=la optō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''optābilis''' (neuter optābile, comparative optābilior); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[optō|t=to choose, wish]] with the suffix [[m|la|-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨optō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*opeje-|t=to choose, grab]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁op-eye-|alt=*h1op-eie-|t=to choose, grab]], cognate with [[xum|upetu|t=let him select]]; he finds a link with the root of [[apīscor]] possible.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to be wished for, desirable”, as Cicero's things that seem worth seeking and desirable, and his “for me peace above all was desirable”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means “longed for”, as Plancus' wish in a letter to Cicero and Ovid's longed-for wedding day.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “desired, desirable”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of desirable peace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a longed-for wedding day.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # To be wished for, [[m|en|desirable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Longed for, desired.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inoptābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[optō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}