immobilis

Latin

Etymology

From in (“not, or in, into”) + mōbilis (“movable; pliant; fickle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmoː.bi.lis/, [ɪmˈmoːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmo.bi.lis/, [imˈmɔːbilis]

Adjective

immōbilis (neuter immōbile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. immobile, immovable
2. unalterable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	immōbilis	immōbile		immōbilēs	immōbilia
Genitive	immōbilis			immōbilium
Dative	immōbilī			immōbilibus
Accusative	immōbilem	immōbile		immōbilēs immōbilīs	immōbilia
Ablative	immōbilī			immōbilibus
Vocative	immōbilis	immōbile		immōbilēs	immōbilia

Descendants

• Catalan: immoble
• → English: immobile
• French: immobile, immeuble
• Italian: immobile
• Portuguese: imóvel
• Spanish: inmoble, inmóvil
• Norman: înmeubl'ye

References

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