mobilitas Latin · revision 31865

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *m(i̯)euh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mōbilitās''' ''f'' (genitive mōbilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mōbilis|-tās|t1=movable, quick]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective [[m|la|mōbilis]] is made from [[m|la|moveō|t=to move]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*mow(a)-]] and [[ine-pro|*m(i̯)euh₁-|t=to move]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[lt|máudyti|t=to bathe]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008) who says the mind cannot feel pain because of the speed of the evil.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is quickness of the body or mind, as in Cicero's “not glibness of tongue”, quickness of movement in things, and the power of moving, also the looseness of teeth.^(OLD 2012) Caesar contrasts the speed of cavalry with the steadiness of infantry.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is inconstancy or fickleness, as Cicero's list of inconstancy, levity and fickleness, and Nepos uses it of the changing fortune that ruined Dion.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “fickleness, changeability, mobility”,^(Stelten 1995) and in Medieval Latin it means movable property.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|mobility]] was borrowed in the early 15th century, from Old French and directly from the Latin word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of speed and of the atoms' power of movement.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of glibness and of fickleness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of fickle fortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|mobility]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Quickness of body or mind, [[m|en|agility]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Speed of movement; the rate of the pulse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Power of movement, [[m|en|mobility]]; looseness of teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|inconstancy|alt=Inconstancy]], [[m|en|fickleness]], changeability.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Movable property, chattels.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mobilis|alt=mōbilis]]

+ * [[moveo|alt=moveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}