liquiditas Latin · revision 9716

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Apuleius|origins=la liqueō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''liquiditās''' ''f'' (genitive liquiditātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|liquidus|-tās|t1=liquid, clear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨liquidus⟩ is from [[m|la|liqueō|t=to be liquid]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*(w)likʷ-ē-|t=to be liquid]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Apuleius' ''De mundo'', ''liquiditās āeris'' “the clearness of the air”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD renders it fluidity, Lewis & Short liquidity and Gaffiot purity of the air.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for liquidity, fluidity.^(DMLBS) It survives in French ''liquidité'' and Italian ''liquidità'', and German ''Liquidität'' (in finance) is from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|fluidity|alt=Fluidity]], [[m|en|liquidity]]; clearness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[liquidus]]

+ * [[liqueō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}