inexpiabilis Latin · revision 33629

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *puH-io-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪ.nɛk.spiˈaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [i.nek.spiˈaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inexpiābilis''' (neuter inexpiābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|expiō|t=to atone for]] with the suffix ⟨-bilis⟩,^(OLD 2012) or from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|expiābilis]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|expiō]] is a compound of [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|piō|t=to appease]], from [[m|la|pius|t=dutiful]],^(Köbler 2010) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*pwījo-]] and [[ine-pro|*puH-io-|t=purifying]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|pihatu|t=to reconcile]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of unheard-of rites profaned by an inexpiable crime, ''inexpiabili scelere''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of offences it means that cannot be atoned for, inexpiable;^(OLD 2012) Cicero has an inexpiable religious obligation.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of punishments it is that cannot be escaped by expiatory rites, as when Cicero reports the cry that inexpiable punishments await those who harm an animal.^(OLD 2012) Of persons and feelings it is that cannot be appeased, implacable: Cicero writes of Caesar showing himself implacable and irreconcilable to him.^(OLD 2012) Livy speaks of an implacable war and of the Romans' implacable hatred of Hannibal, and Quintilian also uses it of war.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore of Seville explains it as what is never expiated or purged, and glossaries as what cannot be cleansed, or one not moved by prayers.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of an inexpiable crime and an implacable enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of an implacable war and hatred.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That cannot be atoned for, [[m|en|inexpiable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of punishments: that cannot be averted by expiation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # That cannot be appeased, [[m|en|implacable]], [[m|en|irreconcilable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expiō]]

+ * [[piō]]

+ * [[pius]]

+ * [[implācābilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}