inexorabilis Latin · revision 34046

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la ōrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * Ecclesiastical: [i.neɡ.zoˈraː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inexōrābilis''' (neuter inexōrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|exōrābilis|t2=that can be moved by entreaty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That adjective comes from [[m|la|exōrō|t=to prevail upon]], from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|ōrō|t=to plead, pray]];^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008) de Vaan takes the verb as derived from [[m|la|ōs|t=mouth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Terence,^(Köbler 2010) in whose ''Phormio'' someone is said to be of a hard and inexorable nature.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is said of persons who cannot be moved by entreaty, relentless, with ''in'', ''adversus'' or ''contrā'': Cicero speaks of himself as having seemed inexorable towards others.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) A late gloss explains it as one bent by no prayers, and Cicero names it beside ''truculentus'' and ''implācābilis''.^(TLL) Valerius Flaccus uses it of what cannot be obtained by entreaty.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin keeps the sense inexorable.^(Stelten 1995) English ''inexorable'' (1550s) came through French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a hard nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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

+ * 1550s – English ''inexorable''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That cannot be moved by entreaty, [[m|en|inexorable]], [[m|en|relentless]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # That cannot be obtained by entreaty.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inexorabilitas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exoro|alt=exōrō]]

+ * [[oro|alt=ōrō]]

+ * [[en|inexorable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}