stabilis

stabilis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of stabilì

By surface analysis, stō (“stand firm”) +‎ -bilis. Poultney compares the term to Umbrian 𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌚𐌋𐌉 (stafli) and reconstructs Proto-Italic *staðlis,^[1] though De Vaan leaves the etymology of the Umbrian term as uncertain.^[2]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː.bi.lis]

stabilis (neuter stabile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary.

   Synonyms: statīvus, fīxus

2. established, enduring, durable, immutable, lasting, everlasting, unwavering, unchanging
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.73:

     “Cōnūbiō iungam stabilī propriamque dicābō.”

     “Joined in marriage, everlasting, and I shall dedicate [her to you as] your very own [wife].”
     (Juno tempts Aeolus to do her will by offering him marriage to Deiopea.)

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• īnstabilis
• stabiliō
• stabilitās
• stabiliter

• stabilīmen
• stabilīmentum
• stabilītor
• stō

• “stabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.