fragilis
Latin
Etymology
From frangō (“break, shatter”) + -ilis (“-ile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.ɡi.lis/, [ˈfra.ɡɪ.lɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.d͡ʒi.lis/, [ˈfraː.d͡ʒi.lis]
Adjective
fragilis (neuter fragile); third declension
- fragile, brittle, easily broken
- (figuratively) weak, frail, perishable
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fragilis | fragile | fragilēs | fragilia | |
| Genitive | fragilis | fragilis | fragilium | fragilium | |
| Dative | fragilī | fragilī | fragilibus | fragilibus | |
| Accusative | fragilem | fragile | fragilēs, fragilīs | fragilia | |
| Ablative | fragilī | fragilī | fragilibus | fragilibus | |
| Vocative | fragilis | fragile | fragilēs | fragilia | |
Derived terms
- fragilitās
Related terms
- fractiō
- fractor
- fractūra
- fragēscō
- fragmen
- fragmentum
- fragor
- frangō
Descendants
- Catalan: fràgil
- English: fragile, frail
- French: fragile, frêle
- Italian: frale, fragile
- Old French: fraile, frele
- Portuguese: frágil
- Romanian: fraged
- Spanish: frágil
References
- fragilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fragilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fragilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette