comprehensibilis
Latin
Alternative forms
- comprehendibilis
- conprehensibilis
Etymology
From comprehendō (“seize, apprehend; perceive, observe”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.pre.(ɦ)ẽːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.pre.enˈsiː.bi.lis]
Adjective
comprehēnsibilis (neuter comprehēnsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- That can be seized or laid hold of.
- (of the senses) perceptible, evident
- (to the mind) perceptible, conceivable, intelligible, graspable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | comprehēnsibilis | comprehēnsibile | comprehēnsibilēs | comprehēnsibilia | |
| genitive | comprehēnsibilis | comprehēnsibilium | |||
| dative | comprehēnsibilī | comprehēnsibilibus | |||
| accusative | comprehēnsibilem | comprehēnsibile | comprehēnsibilēs comprehēnsibilīs |
comprehēnsibilia | |
| ablative | comprehēnsibilī | comprehēnsibilibus | |||
| vocative | comprehēnsibilis | comprehēnsibile | comprehēnsibilēs | comprehēnsibilia | |
Synonyms
- (conceivable): comprehensīvus
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “inconceivable”): incomprehensibilis
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: comprensible
- English: comprehensible
- French: compréhensible
- Italian: comprensibile
- Portuguese: compreensível
- Romanian: comprehensibil
- Spanish: comprensible
References
- “comprehensibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comprehensibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comprehensibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.