habilis
Latin
Etymology
From habeō (“have, possess”) + -ibilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈha.bi.lis/, [ˈhäbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.lis/, [ˈäːbilis]
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Adjective
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
- nimble, swift
- manageable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
| Genitive | habilis | habilium | |||
| Dative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| Accusative | habilem | habile | habilēs habilīs |
habilia | |
| Ablative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| Vocative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: hàbil
- English: able, habile
- French: habile
- Italian: abile
- Portuguese: hábil
- Romanian: abil
- Spanish: hábil
- Translingual: Homo habilis
References
- “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.