possibilis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *possiðlis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [posˈsiːbilis]
Adjective
possibilis (neuter possibile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- possible, that may exist, that may be done.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | possibilis | possibile | possibilēs | possibilia | |
Genitive | possibilis | possibilium | |||
Dative | possibilī | possibilibus | |||
Accusative | possibilem | possibile | possibilēs possibilīs | possibilia | |
Ablative | possibilī | possibilibus | |||
Vocative | possibilis | possibile | possibilēs | possibilia |
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Italian: possevole (obsolete, possibly an adapted borrowing)
- Romansch: pusseivel, apussaivel
- Borrowed:
- → English: possible
- → French: possible
- → Romanian: posibil
- → Galician: posíbel
- → Italian: possibile
- → Portuguese: possível
- → Spanish: posible
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “possibilis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 239
Further reading
- “possibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- possibilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- possibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette