-abilis

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Latin

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Etymology

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By rebracketing of words such as amābilis (which comes from amāre, amō), where -ā- is part of the stem of a first conjugation verb. The word habilis (proper, apt) is sometimes incorrectly stated as being the origin of the suffix, but instead came from earlier *habibilis, from habeō + -ibilis, and was reduced by haplology.

Suffix

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-ābilis (neuter -ābile); third-declension two-termination suffix

  1. -able; able or worthy to be.
    exitium + ‎-abilis → ‎exitiābilis
    ratiō + ‎-abilis → ‎ratiōnābilis
    amīcus + ‎-abilis → ‎amīcābilis
    capiō + ‎-abilis → ‎capābilis
    perniciēs + ‎-abilis → ‎perniciābilis

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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

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Descendants

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