irrevocabilis Latin · revision 33623

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la revocō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪr.rɛ.wɔˈkaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ir.re.voˈkaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''irrevocābilis''' (neuter irrevocābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts mostly spell it ''inrevocābilis''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ A comparative is found, but no superlative.^(TLL)

+ The adverb is ''irrevocābiliter''.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]], [[m|la|revocō|t=to call back]] and the suffix ⟨-bilis⟩,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) or from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|revocābilis]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Lucretius and Horace on, and in prose from Livy;^(TLL) Lucretius speaks of past time, irrevocable, that has carried off the generations of men.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means that cannot be called back, of time, as in Lucretius;^(OLD 2012) Horace's ''semel ēmissum volat irrevocābile verbum'' says that a word once let go flies off beyond recall.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of a person it is that cannot be held back from his purpose, as in Lucan's crowd that rushes on uncontrollably.^(OLD 2012) Of actions and events it is irreversible, unalterable: Livy has someone rather than throw himself into an irrevocable venture on a vain hope.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is that cannot be drawn back, as Pliny the Elder's barbed arrowheads.^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it means irrevocable.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|irrevocable]] (late 14th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of past time.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of a word once spoken.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, the first prose author to use it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|irrevocable]].^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That cannot be called back, [[m|en|irrevocable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of a person: that cannot be held back, [[m|en|uncontrollable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # That cannot be undone, [[m|en|unalterable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things: that cannot be drawn back.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[revocō]]

+ * [[revocābilis]]

+ * [[en|irrevocable]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}