admirabilitas Latin · revision 9847

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.miː.raːˈbɪ.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.mi.raˈbiː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''admīrābilitās''' ''f'' (genitive admīrābilitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|admīrābilis|-tās|t1=admirable, wonderful]], from [[m|la|admīror|t=to wonder at]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨admīror⟩ is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|mīror|t=to wonder at]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, ''quanta sit admīrābilitās caelestium rērum'' “how wonderful the heavenly bodies are”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant wonderful character, remarkableness, admirableness, and admiration, wonder, both in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Wonderful character, [[m|en|remarkableness]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|admiration|alt=Admiration]], wonder.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admīrābilis]]

+ * [[admīror]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}