stabilio

Latin

Etymology

From stabilis (firm, steadfast, stable).

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