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|lshtext=<b>stăbĭlis</b>: e, adj. sto, [[prop]]. [[where]] one can [[stand]]; [[hence]], pregn.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] stands [[firm]]; [[firm]], [[steadfast]], [[steady]], [[stable]] ([[class]].; esp. in the trop. [[sense]]; syn.: [[firmus]], [[constans]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: via [[plana]] et [[stabilis]] (opp. [[praeceps]] et lubrica), Cic. Fl. 42, 105: [[locus]] ad insistendum, Liv. 44, 5, 10: [[solum]], id. 44, 9, 7: [[stabulum]], Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 56: [[domus]], id. Merc. 3, 4, 68: [[medio]] sedet [[insula]] [[ponto]], Ov. F. 4, 303: per stabilem ratem [[tamquam]] viam, Liv. 21, 28, 8: elephanti pondere ipso stabiles, id. 21, 28, 12: stabilior Romanus erat, [[was]] [[more]] [[firm]], stood his [[ground]] [[better]], id. 44, 35, 19; cf.: stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere, id. 6, 12, 8; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.: Romani stabili pugnae assueti, Liv. 28, 2, 7: [[pugna]], id. 31, 35, 6: [[acies]], id. 30, 11, 9: [[proelium]], Tac. A. 2, 21: quae [[domus]] tam [[stabilis]], quae tam firma [[civitas]] est, quae? etc., Cic. Lael. 7, 23: [[stabilis]] [[pulsus]], a [[steady]] [[pulse]], Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219: venae aquarum, [[steadily]] [[flowing]], id. 30, 3, 28, § 48.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[firm]], [[enduring]], [[durable]], [[stable]]; [[immutable]], [[unwavering]]; [[steadfast]], [[intrepid]] (syn.: [[firmus]], [[constans]], [[certus]]): [[fundamentum]], Lucr. 5, 1121: amici firmi et stabiles et constantes, Cic. Lael. 17, 62: stabilem se in amicitiā praestare, id. ib. 17, 64: stabile et fixum et permanens [[bonum]], id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40: [[decretum]] stabile, fixum, ratum, id. Ac. 2, 9, 27: [[stabilis]] certaque [[sententia]] (opp. errans et vaga), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2: [[urbs]] sedem stabilem non habebit, id. Marcell. 9, 29: [[matrimonium]] stabile et certum, id. Phil. 2, 18, 44: [[stabilis]] et certa [[possessio]], id. Lael. 15, 55: praecepta firma, stabilia, id. Off. 1, 2, 6: [[opinio]], id. N. D. 2, 2, 5: [[oratio]] [[stabilis]] ac non mutata, id. Mil. 34, 92: [[nihil]] est tam ad diuturnitatem memoriae stabile [[quam]], etc., id. de Or. 1, 28, 129: [[animus]] [[stabilis]] amicis, id. Inv. 1, 30, 47: [[virtus]], Quae maneat stabili cum fugit [[illa]] (Fortuna) pede, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 30.—Of springs: aquae certae, stabilesque et salubres, [[unfailing]], [[perennial]], Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 48: eam (summam voluptatem) tum adesse, cum [[dolor]] [[omnis]] absit: eam stabilem appellas (opp. in motu), i. e. a [[fixed]] [[state]] or [[condition]], Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75.—Of feet, syllables, etc., in [[verse]]: spondei, Hor. A. P. 256; so, [[pedes]], [[dochmius]], syllabae, etc., Quint. 9, 4, 97 sq.: stabilia probant, i. e. consisting of [[such]] feet, etc., id. 9, 4, 116.—Comp.: [[imperium]] stabilius, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 41.—Sup.: [[quaestus]] stabilissimus, [[Cato]], R. R. praef. fin.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Stabile est, [[with]] [[subject]] - [[clause]], [[like]] certum est, it is [[settled]], it is [[decided]]: [[profecto]] stabile'st, me patri [[aurum]] reddere, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 25.—Hence, adv.: stăbĭlĭter (acc. to I.), [[firmly]], durably, [[permanently]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): includatur [[tympanum]], Vitr. 10, 14.—Comp.: fundare molem, Suet. Claud. 20.

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|georg=stabilis, e ([[sto]]), [[fest]], feststehend, [[nicht]] wankend, I) eig.: [[via]], Cic.: [[pes]], Ov.: [[insuetus]] ad stabilem pugnam, [[ungewohnt]], festen Fußes zu [[fechten]], Liv.: [[equus]] [[vel]] per medios gurgites [[stabilis]], das [[auch]] [[mitten]] im [[Strudel]] [[fest]] stand, Liv.: stab. [[domus]], [[fest]], wo [[man]] [[immer]] wohnt, Plaut. – II) übtr., feststehend, [[fest]], [[unveränderlich]], [[dauerhaft]], [[standhaft]] (Ggstz. [[mobilis]], [[incertus]]), [[amicus]], Cic.: [[animus]] (Ggstz. [[animus]] [[mobilis]]), Cic.: [[decretum]], Cic.: [[haec]] certa stabilisque [[sententia]], Cic.: stabile et fixum [[bonum]], Cic.: [[sedes]], Cic.: aquae, [[immer]] [[fließend]], Plin.: radices, Val. Max.: [[res]] (Ggstz. [[res]] incerta), Sen.: [[imperium]] stabilius, Tac.: [[quaestus]] stabilissimus, [[Cato]] r.r. praef. § 4. – [[voluptas]] [[stabilis]], die [[Lust]] im Ruhestande = das feste sinnliche [[Wohlbehagen]] der [[Epikureer]], das [[Freisein]] [[von]] allem [[Schmerz]], Ggstz. [[voluptas]], [[quae]] in motu est, Cic.: spondei stabiles, [[weil]] [[sich]] in ihnen Arsis u. Thesis der [[Form]] [[nach]] im [[Gleichgewicht]] [[halten]], Hor.: so [[auch]] [[pedes]], Quint. – [[mit]] ad u. Akk., [[nihil]] est [[enim]] [[tam]] [[insigne]] [[nec]] [[tam]] ad diuturnitatem memoriae stabile (so [[auf]] die [[Dauer]] im [[Gedächtnis]] festhaltend), [[quam]] id, in [[quo]] [[aliquid]] offenderis, Cic. de or. 1, 129: id stabile ad paenitentiam erit, wird der [[Reue]] sichere [[Stütze]] [[sein]], Tac. ann. 1, 43 extr. – [[mit]] Genet., [[quod]] stabilem [[sui]] fecerit orbem, Boëth. cons. phil. 3. metr. 2, 38. – stabile est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., es steht [[fest]], ist [[fest]] beschlossen, Plaut. Bacch. 520. – subst., stabilia, ium, n., das Feststehende, Stetige, stabilia (meliora) incertis, Cic. top. 70: stabilia probant, clauda deprendunt, Quint. 9, 4, 116.

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