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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [duːˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [duˈraː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dūrābilis''' (neuter dūrābile, adverb dūrābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dūrō]] “to harden, last”, from [[dūrus]] “hard”, with the suffix [[-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ovid, of what lasts.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant lasting, durable, as in Ovid, and in Apuleius becoming hard.^(OLD 2012)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for durable, lasting, as of the long-lived elephant.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''durabile'' and French and Spanish ''durable'', and through Old French it gave [[en|durable]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of what lasts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of hardening.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''durable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Lasting, [[m|en|durable]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Becoming hard.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dūrābilitās]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[dūrō]]
+ * [[dūrus]]
+ * [[en|durable]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}