flexibilis

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From flectō (I bend, curve) +‎ -bilis.

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flexibilis (neuter flexibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. flexible, pliant, able to be bent
  2. (of persons) tractable, pliant
  3. (of persons, derogatory) fickle, wavering, inconstant
  4. (grammar) inflectable

Declension[edit]

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative flexibilis flexibile flexibilēs flexibilia
Genitive flexibilis flexibilium
Dative flexibilī flexibilibus
Accusative flexibilem flexibile flexibilēs
flexibilīs
flexibilia
Ablative flexibilī flexibilibus
Vocative flexibilis flexibile flexibilēs flexibilia

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References[edit]

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