notabilis Latin · revision 31834

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la nota}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''notābilis''' (neuter notābile, adverb notābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|notō|-bilis|t1=to mark, note]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is from [[m|la|nota|t=mark]],^(de Vaan 2008) whose origin de Vaan leaves open: it cannot come from the root of “to know”, and Schrijver's tentative derivation from a root seen in [[m|la|sentiō|t=to perceive]] meets a difficulty.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who writes of events that end in a remarkable outcome;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it perhaps only once in Cicero and not at all in Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It became common only from the Augustan age.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means worth noticing, remarkable or striking, and in Tacitus of persons, eminent.^(OLD 2012) It is also easily seen or conspicuous, as in the elder Seneca's “whatever is unusual is conspicuous even in a crowd”, and perceptible, as Seneca's foundations of famous cities that can hardly be made out.^(OLD 2012) Seneca also uses it of waters that cannot be told by smell or taste.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “notable, remarkable, distinguished”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a remarkable outcome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of what can hardly be perceived.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of an eminent person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|remarkable|alt=Remarkable]], [[m|en|noteworthy]], striking; of persons, eminent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Easily seen, [[m|en|conspicuous]]; perceptible.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Distinguishable, identifiable.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[noto|alt=notō]]

+ * [[nota]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}