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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la sublīmis}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊbˈliː.moː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [subˈliː.mo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sublīmō''' (present infinitive sublīmāre, perfect active sublīmāvī, supine sublīmātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|sublīmis|-ō|t1=raised on high, lofty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Ennius, in a tragedy, speaks of the sun that raises its blazing torch in the sky.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to raise on high, to lift, and reflexively or in the passive to rise or soar.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is found before and after the classical period, but not in classical authors.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cato uses it figuratively, Vitruvius of granaries built high up, and Apuleius of a bird soaring into the air.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Macrobius uses it of exalting or glorifying.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ Its descendants include [[fr|sublimer]], [[it|sublimare]] and [[es|sublimar]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|sublimate]] is recorded in the 1590s from the Medieval Latin participle ''sublīmātus'', after earlier use of the participle for “purified, refined”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of the sun raising its torch.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it figuratively.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of soaring.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1590s – English ''sublimate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To raise on high, lift up, [[m|en|elevate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(reflexive or passive)'' To rise, [[m|en|soar]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To exalt, glorify.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[sublimator]]
+ * [[sublīmātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sublimis|alt=sublīmis]]
+ * [[en|sublimate]]
+ * [[en|sublime]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}