invisibilis Latin · revision 9354

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Celsus|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.wiːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱ.viˈs̬iː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''invīsibilis''' (neuter invīsibile, adverb invīsibiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “not” and [[vīsibilis]] “visible”, from [[videō]] “to see”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Köbler cite Celsus, of invisible pores.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Celsus 14–37 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant invisible, unseen, a post-Augustan word first found in Celsus, and Tertullian, Lactantius and Augustine used it of God and the unseen world.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Isidore explains that the Trinity is called invisible because it never appeared to mortal eyes in its own substance.^(Isidore)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant invisible, with an adverb ''invīsibiliter''.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for not seen, out of sight, and for what cannot be understood.^(DMLBS) [[en|invisible]] came through Old French in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''invisible'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|invisible|alt=Invisible]], unseen.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|incomprehensible|alt=Incomprehensible]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīsibilis]]

+ * [[videō]]

+ * [[en|invisible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}