fragilis
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From frangō (“break, shatter”) + -ilis (“-ile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfra.ɡi.lis/, [ˈfräɡɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.d͡ʒi.lis/, [ˈfräːd͡ʒilis]
Adjective
fragilis (neuter fragile, comparative fragilior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- fragile, brittle, easily broken
- (figuratively) weak, frail, [flimsy]], perishable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | fragilis | fragile | fragilēs | fragilia | |
Genitive | fragilis | fragilium | |||
Dative | fragilī | fragilibus | |||
Accusative | fragilem | fragile | fragilēs fragilīs |
fragilia | |
Ablative | fragilī | fragilibus | |||
Vocative | fragilis | fragile | fragilēs | fragilia |
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References
- “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fragilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fragilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.