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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [staˈbɪ.li.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [staˈbiː.li.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''stabiliō''' (present infinitive stabilīre, perfect active stabilīvī, supine stabilītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[stabilis]] “firm, steady” with the suffix [[-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Ennius has the syncopated imperfect ⟨stabilībat⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of making firm.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make firm or steady, as in Ennius and Caesar, and in Lucretius to hold still.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Plautus it meant figuratively to establish firmly, a sense Lewis and Short call especially frequent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to make firm, fix, establish.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''établir'', Spanish ''establecer'' and Portuguese ''estabelecer'', and Old French ''establir'' gave [[en|establish]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of making firm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of establishing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of making firm.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''establish'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make firm, steady; to hold still.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|establish]] firmly.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnstabiliō]]
+ * [[īnstabiliō]]
+ * [[restibiliō]]
+ * [[stabilīmen]]
+ * [[stabilīmentum]]
+ * [[stabilītor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[stabilitās]]
+ * [[stabiliter]]
+ * [[stō]]
+ * [[stabilis]]
+ * [[en|establish]]
+ * [[en|stable]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}