labilis

Latin

Etymology

From lābor (“slip, slide”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.bi.lis/, [ˈɫ̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bi.lis/, [ˈläːbilis]

Adjective

lābilis (neuter lābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. slipping
2. slippery

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	lābilis	lābile		lābilēs	lābilia
Genitive	lābilis			lābilium
Dative	lābilī			lābilibus
Accusative	lābilem	lābile		lābilēs lābilīs	lābilia
Ablative	lābilī			lābilibus
Vocative	lābilis	lābile		lābilēs	lābilia

Descendants

• → Catalan: làbil
• → Danish: labil
• → English: labile
• → Middle French: labile
  • French: labile
    • → Romanian: labil
    • → Swedish: labil
  • → Dutch: labiel
    • Afrikaans: labiel
    • → Indonesian: labil
• → Galician: lábil
• → German: labil
• → Italian: labile
• → Spanish: lábil

References

• “labilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• labilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• labilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016