aeternalis Latin · revision 9215

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Tertullian|origins=la aevum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aeternālis''' (neuter aeternāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Tertullian, whom he dates c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant everlasting, eternal.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is frequent in inscriptions, as in ''aeternālī somnō sacrum'' “sacred to eternal sleep”, that is, to death.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tertullian and Augustine use it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ [[en|eternal]] (late 14th century) is from Old French ''eternel'' or directly from Late Latin ''aeternālis''.^(Etymonline) It survives in French ''éternel'' and Spanish ''eternal''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Everlasting, [[m|en|eternal]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aeternus]]

+ * [[aeternitās]]

+ * [[aevum]]

+ * [[en|eternal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}