aspectabilis Latin · revision 9693

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [as.pɛkˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [as.pekˈtaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aspectābilis''' (neuter aspectābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adspectābilis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aspectō|-bilis|t1=to look at]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists ⟨aspectāre⟩ “to look at” among the derivatives of [[m|la|speciō|t=to look]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*spekje/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*speḱ-ye/o-|t=to look]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero's translation of Plato's ''Timaeus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant able to be seen, visible, as in Cicero's ''Timaeus'', and in Apuleius, in the comparative ''aspectābilior'', worth seeing, pleasing to look at.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) English ''aspectable'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of beauty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to be seen, [[m|en|visible]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Worth seeing, pleasing to look at.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aspectus]]

+ * [[aspiciō]]

+ * [[en|aspectable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}