-ibilis

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ibilis

From -bilis, q.v.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bi.lis/, [ˈɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bi.lis/, [ˈiːbilis]

Suffix

-ibilis (neuter -ibile); third-declension two-termination suffix

1. -able; able or worthy to be (the recipient of an action).

Usage notes

The suffix -ibilis is a variant of -bilis, usually added to second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs to form an adjective denoting passive qualities.

Examples:

‎horreō (“I stand on end, move shakily”) + ‎-ibilis → ‎horribilis (“horrible, dreadful”)

‎rīdeō (“I laugh”) + ‎-ibilis → ‎rīsibilis (“laughable”)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	-ibilis	-ibile		-ibilēs	-ibilia
genitive	-ibilis			-ibilium
dative	-ibilī			-ibilibus
accusative	-ibilem	-ibile		-ibilēs -ibilīs	-ibilia
ablative	-ibilī			-ibilibus
vocative	-ibilis	-ibile		-ibilēs	-ibilia

Derived terms

Category Latin terms suffixed with -ibilis not found

Related terms

• -abilis
• -bilis

Descendants

• Catalan: -ívol
• English: -ible
• French: -ible
• Interlingua: -ibile
• Italian: -evole, -ibile
  • Sicilian: -ìbbili
• Norwegian Bokmål: -ibel
• Portuguese: -ível
• Romanian: -ibil
• Sicilian: -ìvili
• Spanish: -ible