versatilis

Latin

Etymology

From versātus +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈsaː.ti.lis/, [u̯ɛrˈs̠äːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈsa.ti.lis/, [verˈsäːt̪ilis]

Adjective

versātilis (neuter versātile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that turns or moves around, revolving, movable
2. (figuratively) versatile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	versātilis	versātile		versātilēs	versātilia
genitive	versātilis			versātilium
dative	versātilī			versātilibus
accusative	versātilem	versātile		versātilēs versātilīs	versātilia
ablative	versātilī			versātilibus
vocative	versātilis	versātile		versātilēs	versātilia

Descendants

• French: versatile
• Galician: versátil
• Italian: versatile
• Portuguese: versátil
• Romanian: versatil
• Spanish: versátil

References

• “versatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “versatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• versatilis 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)
• versatilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.