adaptabilis
Latin
Etymology
From adaptō, adaptāre (“adapt”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.dapˈtaː.bi.lis/, [äd̪äpˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.dapˈta.bi.lis/, [äd̪äpˈt̪äːbilis]
Adjective
adaptābilis (neuter adaptābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- adaptable, that may adapt, that may be adapted.
- 1564, Nicolaus Everardus, Loci argumentorum legales, page 81:
- Exceptio quando ponitur post plures casus et non potest adaptari nisi ad unus illorum debet sic intelligi ut excipiat solum quo ad illum casum cui est adaptabilis.
- When an exception is placed after several cases and it is not possible to adapt it except to one of them, one ought thusly to understand that it exempts only as far as that case to which it is adaptable.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adaptābilis | adaptābile | adaptābilēs | adaptābilia | |
| Genitive | adaptābilis | adaptābilium | |||
| Dative | adaptābilī | adaptābilibus | |||
| Accusative | adaptābilem | adaptābile | adaptābilēs adaptābilīs |
adaptābilia | |
| Ablative | adaptābilī | adaptābilibus | |||
| Vocative | adaptābilis | adaptābile | adaptābilēs | adaptābilia | |
Descendants
- English: adaptable
References
- adaptabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- adaptabilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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