possibilis Latin · revision 4338

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''possibilis''' (neuter possibile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|possum|-bilis|t1=to be able]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Quintilian says that what the Greeks call [[grc|δυνατόν|tr=dunatón]], “our writers” call it by this word, and Georges equates it with Greek [[m|grc|δυνατός|tr=dunatós]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Quintilian, in a discussion of deliberative oratory, uses it as the Latin for Greek ''dunatón''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant able to exist or be done, possible, and Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The jurists use it of conditions that can be fulfilled, and the Vulgate says all things are possible with God.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Priscian uses ''possibile'' in a grammatical question.^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a term of logic and philosophy, able to come into being, potential, and as a neuter noun a possible thing.^(DMLBS) English ''possible'' is recorded in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The Digest uses it of possible conditions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate says all things are possible with God.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''possible'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|possible]], that may exist or be done.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, logic)'' Potential, ''(neuter as noun)'' a possible thing.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impossibilis]]

+ * [[possibilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[possum]]

+ * [[en|possible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}