mobilis Latin · revision 7418

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mōbilis''' (neuter mōbile, comparative mōbilior, adverb mōbiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[moveō]] “to move” with the suffix [[-bilis]], from *moubilis, Proto-Italic *moweðlis, with ⟨ou⟩ becoming long ⟨ō⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Manuscripts often spell it ⟨mov-⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, ''sum pernīx pedibus, manibus mōbilis'' “I am swift of foot and quick of hand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant quick, nimble, of troops mobile, as in Livy, and of the mind lively.^(OLD 2012) Of things it meant moving, shifting, of speech rapid, and movable, as in Livy and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant changeable, mutable, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero, and of persons fickle, easily swayed.^(OLD 2012) In law ''rēs mōbilēs'' were movables, as in Ulpian.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant movable, mobile.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used ''mōbilia'' for movable goods.^(Niermeyer 1976) French ''meuble'' comes from it.^(Wiktionary) [[en|mobile]] came in the late 15th century through Old French, and the slang [[en|mob]] of the 1680s is a shortening of ''mobile'' “the common people”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of nimble hands.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of the changeable.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of mobile troops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English ''mobile'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Quick, nimble; of troops, mobile; of the mind, lively.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Moving, shifting; rapid.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Movable, [[m|en|mobile]], ''rēs mōbilēs'', movables.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Changeable; fickle.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immōbilis]]

+ * [[mōbilitās]]

+ * [[mōbilitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[en|mobile]]

+ * [[en|mob]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}