mutabilis Latin · revision 32820

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *moito-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūtābilis''' (neuter mūtābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The comparative is perhaps found only in Valerius Maximus and a declamation against Catiline, which also has the superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mūtō|-bilis|t1=to change]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan says [[m|la|mūtō]] and [[m|la|mūtuus]] presuppose a noun [[itc-pro|*moito-|t=object of change]], which may come from a root meaning to exchange in either of two forms; he finds the link with [[m|la|mittō]] less likely than one with [[m|la|mūnus]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's earliest quotation he says that this form of state is the most liable to change.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is liable to change, changeable, uncertain: Cicero writes that every body is changeable, and has stars gliding in a wandering, changeable course.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons it is fickle: Virgil calls woman ever a varying and changeable thing.^(OLD 2012) It is also that can be changed: Ovid has a speaker urge someone to take advice if his heart can still be changed.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it changeable.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|mutable]] comes from it, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a changeable form of state.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of fickle woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a heart that can be changed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|mutable|alt=mutable]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|changeable|alt=Changeable]], [[m|en|mutable]], uncertain; of persons, [[m|en|fickle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # That can be changed, alterable.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immūtābilis]]

+ * [[mūtābilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[muto|alt=mūtō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}