stabilitas Latin · revision 7946

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la stō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [staˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [staˈbiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stabilitās''' ''f'' (genitive stabilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[stabilis]] “firm, steady” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of standing firm.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the ability to stand firmly, stability, steadiness, as in Caesar and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant firmness, constancy, durability.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant stability, firmness, durability, steadfastness.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for monastic stability, a confirmatory charter, and an inquest procedure.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''stabilità'' and French ''stabilité'', and Old French ''stablete'' gave [[en|stability]] in the mid-14th century, “steadfastness”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of firmness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of steadiness in battle.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Steadiness, [[m|en|stability]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Firmness, durability.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Monastic stability; a confirmatory charter.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stabilis]]

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[en|stability]]

+ * [[en|stable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}