laudabilis Latin · revision 32107

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=itc-pro *lau(V)d-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laudābilis''' (neuter laudābile, adverb laudābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions also have ''laudavilis''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|laudō|-bilis|t1=to praise]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb is from [[m|la|laus|t=praise]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*lau(V)d-]]; the only connection proposed is with the Germanic word for song, as [[ang|lēoþ|t=song]] and [[non|ljóð|t=song, strophe]], if it is cognate at all.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'',^(Köbler 2010) which defines the praiseworthy as what earns honourable mention now and later.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means praiseworthy or laudable, as Cicero's virtue that is praiseworthy in itself;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical and frequent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL notes the comparative from Cicero on.^(TLL) Of materials and goods it means of good quality, valuable or excellent, as Pliny the Elder's summer honey, the most highly praised.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it worthy of praise, glorious, valuable, excellent.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it served as an honorific epithet and meant of the required standard.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' defines the praiseworthy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of virtue praiseworthy in itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of the best honey.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|praiseworthy|alt=Praiseworthy]], [[m|en|laudable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of materials and goods, of good quality, valuable, excellent.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' As an honorific epithet; of the required standard.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[illaudābilis]]

+ * [[laudabilitas]]

+ * [[perlaudabilis]]

+ * [[superlaudābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laudo|alt=laudō]]

+ * [[laus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}