comprehensibilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• comprehendibilis
• conprehensibilis

Etymology

From comprehendō (“seize, apprehend; perceive, observe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.pre.henˈsi.bi.lis/, [kɔm.prɛ.hẽːˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]

Adjective

comprehensibilis (neuter comprehensibile); third declension

1. That can be seized or laid hold of.
2. (of the senses) perceptible, evident
3. (to the mind) perceptible, conceivable, intelligible, graspable

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	comprehensibilis	comprehensibile		comprehensibilēs	comprehensibilia
genitive	comprehensibilis			comprehensibilium
dative	comprehensibilī			comprehensibilibus
accusative	comprehensibilem	comprehensibile		comprehensibilēs, comprehensibilīs	comprehensibilia
ablative	comprehensibilī			comprehensibilibus
vocative	comprehensibilis	comprehensibile		comprehensibilēs	comprehensibilia

Synonyms

• (conceivable): comprehensīvus

Antonyms

• (inconceivable): incomprehensibilis

Related terms

• comprehendō
• comprehensiō

• comprehensīvus
• comprehensō

Descendants

• Catalan: comprensible
• English: comprehensible
• French: compréhensible

• Italian: comprensibile
• Portuguese: compreensível
• Spanish: comprensible

References

• comprehensibilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comprehensibilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comprehensibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette