sociabilis Latin · revision 9223

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sociābilis''' (neuter sociābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sociō]] “to unite, share” with the suffix [[-bilis]], from [[socius]] “companion”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Livy, whom he dates 59 BC–17 AD, and Livy calls a partnership of two kings ''sociābilis''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant easily joined in partnership, and of a partnership close, intimate.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is not ante-Augustan and very rare, and Seneca says nature made us ''sociābilēs''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of things that can be joined.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Bede and other British Medieval Latin writers used it for sociable, readily associating with others.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''sociabile'' and Spanish ''sociable'', and through French it gave [[en|sociable]] in the 1550s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''sociable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Easily united; close, intimate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|sociable|alt=Sociable]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsociābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[socius]]

+ * [[sociō]]

+ * [[societās]]

+ * [[en|sociable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}