variabilis

Latin

Etymology

variō +‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯a.riˈaː.bi.lis/, [u̯äriˈäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.riˈa.bi.lis/, [väriˈäːbilis]

Adjective

variābilis (neuter variābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. variable, changeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia
Genitive	variābilis			variābilium
Dative	variābilī			variābilibus
Accusative	variābilem	variābile		variābilēs variābilīs	variābilia
Ablative	variābilī			variābilibus
Vocative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia

Descendants

• Asturian: variable
• Catalan: variable
• French: variable
• Galician: variable
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Spanish: variable

References

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