intestabilis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + testor (“to testify”) + -bilis, or in- + testābilis (“having a right to testify”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.tesˈtaː.bi.lis/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.tesˈta.bi.lis/, [in̪t̪esˈt̪äːbilis]
Adjective
[edit]intestābilis (neuter intestābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (literally) incapable of being a witness (by reason of misconduct)
- infamous, detestable, abominable
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | intestābilis | intestābile | intestābilēs | intestābilia | |
| Genitive | intestābilis | intestābilium | |||
| Dative | intestābilī | intestābilibus | |||
| Accusative | intestābilem | intestābile | intestābilēs intestābilīs |
intestābilia | |
| Ablative | intestābilī | intestābilibus | |||
| Vocative | intestābilis | intestābile | intestābilēs | intestābilia | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intestabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers