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Stabilis

Stabilis is a Latin adjective meaning stable, steadfast, or fixed. It derives from stabilis, a term used in classical Latin to describe things that do not easily change. The word is used in Latin grammar to denote a stable characteristic and has a neuter form stabile.

In scientific naming, stabilis appears as a descriptive epithet in binomial nomenclature to signal a robust

In English, stabilis is the root of several derivatives that express the idea of making something stable:

Stabilis also appears in historical or educational contexts as an example of Latin adjectives used in scientific

or
unchanging
trait
of
an
organism.
It
is
not
the
name
of
a
single
taxonomic
group;
rather,
it
occurs
across
different
genera
when
authors
wish
to
convey
stability
or
endurance
in
a
species
or
form.
stabilize,
stabilization,
and
stability.
These
terms
trace
back
to
Latin
stabilis
through
Old
French
and
Middle
English,
reflecting
the
concept
of
preserving
steadiness
in
a
system
or
structure.
naming
and
in
discussions
of
etymology,
illustrating
how
Latin
contributions
have
shaped
modern
scientific
vocabulary.