variabilis
Latin
Etymology
variō + -bilis
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]
Adjective
variābilis (neuter variābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- variable, changeable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | variābilis | variābile | variābilēs | variābilia | |
Genitive | variābilis | variābilium | |||
Dative | variābilī | variābilibus | |||
Accusative | variābilem | variābile | variābilēs variābilīs | variābilia | |
Ablative | variābilī | variābilibus | |||
Vocative | variābilis | variābile | variābilēs | variābilia |
Descendants
- Asturian: variable
- Catalan: variable
- French: variable
- Galician: variable
- Italian: variabile
- Spanish: variable
References
- “variabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- variabilis 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)
- variabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette