fatalis Latin · revision 9179

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fātālis''' (neuter fātāle, adverb fātāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fātum]] “fate” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of destiny, fateful, determining someone's fate; ordained by fate, destined; determined by external causes; and acting as an instrument of fate, all in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Livy calls the Sibylline books ''librī fātālēs''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Wiktionary also gives deadly, fatal.^(Wiktionary)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for concerned with fate, ordained by fate, and of an appointed time.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''fatal'' it gave [[en|fatal]] in the late 14th century, “decreed by fate”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has ''librī fātālēs''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''fatal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of fate, fateful.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Destined, fated.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Deadly, [[m|en|fatal]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnfātālis]]

+ * [[fatalitas]]

+ * [[fātāliter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fātum]]

+ * [[en|fatal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}