insanabilis Latin · revision 34029

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la sānō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsānābilis''' (neuter īnsānābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|sānābilis|t2=curable]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) from [[m|la|sānō|t=to heal]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of an incurable disease in the ''Tusculan Disputations''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is said of diseases and wounds that cannot be cured, as Columella's wound or Pliny the Elder's poison.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace extends it to faults of mind, a head incurable even by three Anticyras, and Livy to a character.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of harm or grief it is irreparable: Cicero says an orator will avoid incurable insults.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The comparative is in Livy and Augustine, the superlative is lacking.^(TLL) Augustine explains that a sick man with hope is called ''sānābilis'', one with despair ''īnsānābilis''.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it incurable.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an incurable disease.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of an incurable head.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a character.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|incurable|alt=Incurable]]; of faults, past remedy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Irreparable, [[m|en|irremediable]], hopeless.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sanabilis|alt=sānābilis]]

+ * [[sano|alt=sānō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}