admirandus Latin · revision 9835

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la mīror}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.miːˈran.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.miˈran.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''admīrandus''' (feminine admīranda, neuter admīrandum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the gerundive of [[admīror]] “to wonder at, admire”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨admīror⟩ is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|mīror|t=to wonder at]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, and Köbler's is Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant astonishing, remarkable, extraordinary, as in Varro, and worthy of admiration, admirable, wonderful, as in Cicero, Caesar and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Astonishing, [[m|en|remarkable]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|admirable|alt=Admirable]], wonderful.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admīrābilis]]

+ * [[admīrābilitās]]

+ * [[admīrābiliter]]

+ * [[admīrātiō]]

+ * [[admīrātor]]

+ * [[admīror]]

+ * [[mīrandus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}