-abilis
Latin
Etymology
From -bilis, by rebracketing of words such as amābilis, where -ā- is the stem-final vowel of a first-conjugation verb (amāre, amō). This long -ā- is unrelated to the short -a- in the word habilis (“proper, apt”),from habeō.
Suffix
-ābilis (neuter -ābile); third-declension two-termination suffix
- -able; able or worthy to be.
- exitium + -abilis → exitiābilis
- ratiō + -abilis → ratiōnābilis
- amīcus + -abilis → amīcābilis
- capiō + -abilis → capābilis
- perniciēs + -abilis → perniciābilis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ābilis | -ābile | -ābilēs | -ābilia | |
| genitive | -ābilis | -ābilium | |||
| dative | -ābilī | -ābilibus | |||
| accusative | -ābilem | -ābile | -ābilēs -ābilīs |
-ābilia | |
| ablative | -ābilī | -ābilibus | |||
| vocative | -ābilis | -ābile | -ābilēs | -ābilia | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -abilis