adorabilis

Latin

Etymology

From adōrō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.doːˈraː.bi.lis/, [äd̪oːˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.doˈra.bi.lis/, [äd̪oˈräːbilis]

Adjective

adōrābilis (neuter adōrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. worthy of adoration
2. adorable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	adōrābilis	adōrābile		adōrābilēs	adōrābilia
Genitive	adōrābilis			adōrābilium
Dative	adōrābilī			adōrābilibus
Accusative	adōrābilem	adōrābile		adōrābilēs adōrābilīs	adōrābilia
Ablative	adōrābilī			adōrābilibus
Vocative	adōrābilis	adōrābile		adōrābilēs	adōrābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: adorable
• French: adorable
• Italian: adorabile
• Norman: adouothabl'ye (Jersey)
• Portuguese: adorável
• Romanian: adorabil
• Spanish: adorable

References

• “adorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adorabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.