vendibilis Latin · revision 36364

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century BC, Varro and Cicero|origins=la vēndō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēndibilis''' (neuter vēndibile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vēndō|-bilis|t1=to sell]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan explains the verb as a contracted form of ⟨vēnum dare⟩, “to give for sale”, built on [[m|la|vēnum]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*wesno-]] and [[ine-pro|*ues-no-|t=price]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|वस्न|tr=vasná-|t=price, value]] and [[grc|ὦνος|tr=ônos|t=price]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses the comparative of what makes land easier to sell;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Cicero, in his speeches on the agrarian law, calls the Herculanean road saleable.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is saleable, easily sold: Horace uses it of a farm, Columella of the young of animals and Pliny the Elder of goods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Cicero took it over for what is acceptable to public taste: an orator who pleases the crowd, a speaker who was not popular enough with the people, a speech made to please many, and the remark that some things may sell better while others are richer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Ovid uses it of a girl who has become popular.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Ammianus Marcellinus uses it of soldiers who could be bought, and Jerome has the adverb ''vendibiliter''.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It survives in Italian ⟨vendibile⟩ and Spanish ⟨vendible⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses the comparative of land.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a saleable road and of a popular orator.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a farm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a popular girl.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it of soldiers open to bribes.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That can be sold easily, [[m|en|saleable]], [[m|en|marketable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Acceptable to public taste, [[m|en|popular]], pleasing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' [[m|en|venal|alt=Venal]], open to bribes.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venalis]]

+ * [[veneo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}