comparabilis Latin · revision 9009

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comparābilis''' (neuter comparābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conparābilis''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[comparō]] “to match, compare” with the suffix [[-bilis]], from [[pār]] “equal”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Lewis & Short cite his ''De inventione''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant similar, comparable, that may be compared, as in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for subject to comparison and comparable, similar.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''comparabile'' and French ''comparable'', and gave [[en|comparable]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|comparable|alt=Comparable]], similar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incomparābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comparō]]

+ * [[pār]]

+ * [[en|comparable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}