tangibilis
Latin
Etymology
From tangō (“I touch”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tanˈɡi.bi.lis/, [t̪äŋˈɡɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tanˈd͡ʒi.bi.lis/, [t̪än̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːbilis]
Adjective
tangibilis (neuter tangibile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- touchable, tangible; able to be touched or sensed
- Quae tangibilia sunt manu.
- Things which may be touched by hand.
- Quae tangibilia sunt manu.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tangibilis | tangibile | tangibilēs | tangibilia | |
| Genitive | tangibilis | tangibilium | |||
| Dative | tangibilī | tangibilibus | |||
| Accusative | tangibilem | tangibile | tangibilēs tangibilīs | tangibilia | |
| Ablative | tangibilī | tangibilibus | |||
| Vocative | tangibilis | tangibile | tangibilēs | tangibilia | |
Synonyms
- (touchable): tactilis, tāctus
Related terms
- tactiō
- tactus
- tangō
Descendants
- Catalan: tangible
- → English: tangible
- French: tangible
- Italian: tangibile
- Spanish: tangible
References
- “tangibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tangibilis 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)
- tangibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette