incredibilitas Latin · revision 9771

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=ine-pro *ḱred-dʰeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋ.kreː.dɪˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iŋ.kre.diˈbiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incrēdibilitās''' ''f'' (genitive incrēdibilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|incrēdibilis|-tās|t1=incredible]], from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|crēdibilis|t=credible]], from [[m|la|crēdō|t=to believe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨crēdō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*krezde/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱred-dʰeh₁-|t=to place the heart, believe]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it post-classical, citing the Digest, where Köbler names Ulpian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the quality of being beyond belief, incredibility, as in the Digest, and in the pseudo-Apuleian ''Asclepius'' incredulity, disbelief.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for disbelief, doubt.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|incredibility|alt=Incredibility]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|incredulity|alt=Incredulity]], disbelief.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incrēdibilis]]

+ * [[crēdibilis]]

+ * [[crēdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}