verisimilis Latin · revision 8379

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *weh₁-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [weː.riːˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs], [weː.rɪˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ve.riˈs̬iː.mi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vērī̆similis''' (neuter vērī̆simile, comparative vērī̆similior, superlative vērī̆simillimus, adverb vērī̆similiter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the univerbation of ⟨vērī similis⟩ “like the truth”, the genitive of [[vērus]] “true” with [[similis]] “like”.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short and Lewis prefer the spelling ⟨vērī similis⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Lewis 1890) De Vaan traces ⟨vērus⟩ to [[ine-pro|*weh₁-ro-|t=true]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero, and Caesar has ''quod est magis vērī simile'' “which is more likely”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant probable, likely, plausible, and Cicero speaks of ''ōrācula vērī similiōra'' “more credible oracles”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Simpson 1959)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for consistent with the facts, plausible, likely, and as a noun for verisimilitude.^(DMLBS) Its noun ''vērīsimilitūdō'' gave [[en|verisimilitude]] about 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar has ''magis vērī simile''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''verisimilitude'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Probable]], likely, [[m|en|plausible]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Simpson 1959)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vērus]]

+ * [[similis]]

+ * [[vērīsimilitūdō]]

+ * [[en|verisimilitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}