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English
Etymology 1
From Latin Sabellus + -ian, pertaining to the Sabelli, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn-, from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, possibly *sabʰ-o-, *sₑbʰ-o- (“one's own”), from *swé (“self”).[1][2]
Proper noun
Sabellian
- A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.
Translations
Adjective
Sabellian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.
- Synonym: Sabellic
Translations
of or pertaining to the Sabellian language
Noun
Sabellian (plural Sabellians)
- A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.
Etymology 2
From Sabellius + -an.
Noun
Sabellian (plural Sabellians)
- (Christianity) A follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.
- (Christianity) A Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.
References
- ^ Stuart-Smith, Jane (2004): Phonetics and Philology: Sound Change in Italic, p. 67
- ^ Giacomo Devoto, Gli Antichi Italici, Firenze, Vallecchi, 1931, p.103