-ibilis
Latin
Alternative forms
- -bilis, -abilis
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.bi.lis/, [ˈɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.bi.lis/, [ˈiːbilis]
Suffix
-ibilis (neuter -ibile); third-declension two-termination suffix
- -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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
Latin terms suffixed with -ibilis
Descendants
- Catalan: -ívol
- English: -ible
- French: -ible
- Interlingua: -ibile
- Italian: -evole, -ibile
- Norwegian Bokmål: -ibel
- Portuguese: -ível
- Romanian: -ibil
- Sicilian: -ìbbili
- Spanish: -ible