immortalis Latin · revision 9555

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immortālis''' (neuter immortāle, adverb immortāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''inmortālis''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “not” and [[mortālis]] “mortal”, from [[mors]] “death”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The Thesaurus compares [[grc|ἄμβροτος|tr=ámbrotos|t=immortal]] and [[sa|अमृत|tr=amṛ́ta-|t=immortal]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨morior⟩ “to die” to [[ine-pro|*mr̥-yé-|t=to die]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant not subject to death, immortal, as in Plautus and Cicero; imperishable, everlasting, as in Cicero; and of the gods, divine, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin it was used of God and Christ, of pagan gods and of stars.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) [[en|immortal]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''immortale'' and French ''immortel''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|immortal|alt=Immortal]], undying.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Imperishable, everlasting.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Divine.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immortālitās]]

+ * [[immortālitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mortālis]]

+ * [[mors]]

+ * [[en|immortal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}