flexibilis Latin · revision 8190

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flexibilis''' (neuter flexibile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[flectō]] “to bend” with the suffix [[-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of adaptable things and of the voice.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant easily bent, pliant, as in Ovid, and in Cicero adaptable, and of the voice varying in pitch.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant flexible, supple.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for easily bent, as the finger is through its joints.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''flessibile'' and French and Spanish ''flexible'', and gave [[en|flexible]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the pliant.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''flexible'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Easily bent, pliant.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Adaptable, [[m|en|flexible]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the voice, varying in pitch.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[flexibilitās]]

+ * [[inflexibilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flectō]]

+ * [[flexanimus]]

+ * [[flexilis]]

+ * [[flexiō]]

+ * [[flexuōsē]]

+ * [[flexuōsus]]

+ * [[flexūra]]

+ * [[flexus]]

+ * [[en|flexible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}