stabilio

stabilio

Latin

Etymology

    From stabilis (firm, steadfast, stable) + -iō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    stabiliō (present infinitive stabilīre, perfect active stabilīvī, supine stabilītum); fourth conjugation

    1. to make firm, confirm, stay, support, hold still, stabilize
    2. (by extension) to establish, fix, make secure, confirm

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: establir
    • Italian: stabilire
    • Old French: establir (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: establir
    • Old Spanish:
    • Vulgar Latin: *stabilēscere

    References

    • stabilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • stabilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • stabilio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to defend, strengthen the state: rem publicam tueri, stabilire