sensilis Latin · revision 36717

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsẽː.sɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛn.si.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēnsilis''' (neuter sēnsile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sentiō|-ilis|t1=to feel, perceive]], formed on the participle stem ⟨sēns-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the verb to [[ine-pro|*snt-ie/o-]] or [[m|ine-pro|*sént-i-|t=to notice]], connecting it with Balto-Slavic words for thinking.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of what is capable of sensation, warning against the belief that the sentient (''sēnsile'') is born from the insentient.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is rare in Classical Latin: Lucretius uses it several times in the second book of ''De rerum natura'' beside its opposite [[īnsēnsilis]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(de Vaan 2008) Chalcidius uses it for what can be perceived by the senses, and the neuter plural ''sēnsilia'' for sensible things.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval writers in Britain used it in both senses, of a sentient being and of what is perceptible, and spoke of the ''mundus sēnsilis'', the world of the senses.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of things capable of sensation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 300 AD – Chalcidius uses the neuter plural for things perceived by the senses.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Capable of [[m|en|sensation]], [[m|en|sentient]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' [[m|en|perceptible|alt=Perceptible]] by the senses;^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS) ''sēnsilia'', things perceived by the senses.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[insensilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēnsibilis]]

+ * [[sēnsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}