habilis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From habeō (“to have, possess”) + -ilis.[1][2] Alternatively, from habeō + -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈha.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bi.lis]
Adjective
[edit]habilis (neuter habile, comparative habilior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- able to have/possess/maintain
- having sufficient ability or power to do or to conduct; skillful
- suitable, apt, fit, proper
- Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, aptus, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
- nimble, swift
- manageable
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
| genitive | habilis | habilium | |||
| dative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| accusative | habilem | habile | habilīs habilēs |
habilia | |
| ablative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| vocative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “habilis” on page 782 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- ^ “able, adjective, adverb & noun.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 92, page 90
Further reading
[edit]- “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "habilis", 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)
- “habilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.