parabilis Latin · revision 36854

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''parābilis''' (neuter parābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|parō|-bilis|t1=to furnish, obtain]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|parō]] from [[itc-pro|*parāje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*prh₃-o-|t=providing]], usually explained as a verb made from a noun, though Rix proposed a different formation.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|पृणाति|tr=pr̥ṇā́ti|t=gives, grants]] and [[grc|ἔπορον|tr=époron|t=provided, gave]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in ''De finibus'' says that nature's riches are both easily obtained and limited.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means obtainable, and especially easy to come by.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it belongs to Epicurean doctrine about desires that are easy to satisfy.^(TLL) Horace says he likes love that is cheap and easy, Seneca food that is easy to get,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Curtius uses it of a simple and inexpensive way of living.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of riches that nature makes easy to obtain.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of easy love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of food that is easy to get.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses it of a frugal way of life.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|obtainable|alt=Obtainable]], procurable.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Easily obtained, ready to hand; cheap.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}