amabilis Latin · revision 31923

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃mh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amābilis''' (neuter amābile, comparative amābilior, adverb amābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|amō|-bilis|t1=to love]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|amō]] to [[itc-pro|*ama-|t=to take, hold]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃mh₃-|t=to take hold of]]; the Latin meaning developed from “to take the hand of” to “to regard as a friend”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ὄμνυμι|tr=ómnumi|t=to swear]] and the Marrucinian verb ⟨amatens⟩ “they have received”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and the OLD first quote Plautus: “you are too pretty and lovable”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means able or worthy to be loved, lovable, of persons and of qualities, as Cicero's speech that shows the orator's lovable character.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it is delightful, as Cicero's villa and shore than which nothing could be more lovely.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes that the active sense is rare, and that the phrase “lovable to God” is common among Christian writers.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it “lovable, amiable, lovely”,^(Stelten 1995) and English ''amable'' “friendly, courteous” (early 15th century) goes back to it through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a lovable girl.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a lovable character and a delightful villa.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''amable'', through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worthy of love, [[m|en|lovable]], amiable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|delightful|alt=Delightful]], pleasant, [[m|en|lovely]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[amābilitās]]

+ * [[inamābilis]]

+ * [[amābiliter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amāns]]

+ * [[amanter]]

+ * [[amāta]]

+ * [[amātor]]

+ * [[amātōriē]]

+ * [[amātōrius]]

+ * [[amātus]]

+ * [[amīcē]]

+ * [[amīcitia]]

+ * [[amīcula]]

+ * [[amo|alt=amō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}