defectibilis
Latin
Etymology
From dēfectus (“failure; weakness”) + -bilis (“-able, subject to”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.fɛkˈtɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.fekˈt̪iː.bi.lis]
Adjective
dēfectibilis (neuter dēfectibile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Late Latin, rare) fallible (liable to fail)
- 354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermons 320.11:
- Cum ergō portāmus istam dēfectibilem īnfirmitātem […]
- Therefore, this is the fallible feebleness we carry […]
- Cum ergō portāmus istam dēfectibilem īnfirmitātem […]
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēfectibilis | dēfectibile | dēfectibilēs | dēfectibilia | |
| genitive | dēfectibilis | dēfectibilium | |||
| dative | dēfectibilī | dēfectibilibus | |||
| accusative | dēfectibilem | dēfectibile | dēfectibilēs dēfectibilīs |
dēfectibilia | |
| ablative | dēfectibilī | dēfectibilibus | |||
| vocative | dēfectibilis | dēfectibile | dēfectibilēs | dēfectibilia | |
Descendants
- → Italian: defettibile (learned)
References
- defectibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.