ineffabilis
Latin
Etymology
From in- + effābilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i.nefˈfaː.bi.lis/, [ɪ.nɛfˈfaː.bɪ.lɪs]
Adjective
ineffābilis (neuter ineffābile); third declension
- unutterable, unpronounceable
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ineffābilis | ineffābile | ineffābilēs | ineffābilia | |
| Genitive | ineffābilis | ineffābilis | ineffābilium | ineffābilium | |
| Dative | ineffābilī | ineffābilī | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus | |
| Accusative | ineffābilem | ineffābile | ineffābilēs, ineffābilīs | ineffābilia | |
| Ablative | ineffābilī | ineffābilī | ineffābilibus | ineffābilibus | |
| Vocative | ineffābilis | ineffābile | ineffābilēs | ineffābilia | |
Derived terms
- ineffābilitās
- ineffābiliter
Descendants
- → English: ineffable
- → French: ineffable
- → Spanish: inefable
- → Portuguese: inefável
References
- ineffabilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ineffabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette