vulnerabilis Latin · revision 8504

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vulnerābilis''' (neuter vulnerābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[vulnerō]] “to wound”, from [[vulnus]] “wound”, with the suffix [[-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Caelius Aurelianus, of the 5th century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant liable to be wounded, vulnerable.^(OLD 2012) Etymonline gives Late Latin ''vulnerābilis'' also the active sense “wounding”.^(Etymonline)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for capable of being wounded, as Trevet of Achilles struck in his vulnerable spot.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''vulnerabile'' and French and Spanish ''vulnérable'', ''vulnerable'', and gave [[en|vulnerable]] about 1600.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Vulnerable]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Wounding.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vulnerō]]

+ * [[vulnus]]

+ * [[en|vulnerable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}