delebilis

Latin

Etymology

dēleō (“I destroy, terminate”) +‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈleː.bi.lis/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪eːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈle.bi.lis/, [d̪eˈlɛːbilis]

Adjective

dēlēbilis (neuter dēlēbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. destructible, destroyable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dēlēbilis	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs	dēlēbilia
Genitive	dēlēbilis			dēlēbilium
Dative	dēlēbilī			dēlēbilibus
Accusative	dēlēbilem	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs dēlēbilīs	dēlēbilia
Ablative	dēlēbilī			dēlēbilibus
Vocative	dēlēbilis	dēlēbile		dēlēbilēs	dēlēbilia

Derived terms

• indēlēbilis

Descendants

• English: deleble, delible
• Italian: delebile
• Romanian: delebil

References

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