incredibilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crēdibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.kreːˈdi.bi.lis/, [ɪŋkreːˈd̪ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kreˈdi.bi.lis/, [iŋkreˈd̪iːbilis]

Adjective

incrēdibilis (neuter incrēdibile, adverb incrēdibiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unbelievable, incredible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	incrēdibilis	incrēdibile		incrēdibilēs	incrēdibilia
genitive	incrēdibilis			incrēdibilium
dative	incrēdibilī			incrēdibilibus
accusative	incrēdibilem	incrēdibile		incrēdibilēs incrēdibilīs	incrēdibilia
ablative	incrēdibilī			incrēdibilibus
vocative	incrēdibilis	incrēdibile		incrēdibilēs	incrēdibilia

Descendants

• Catalan: increïble
• English: incredible
• French: incrédible
• Italian: incredibile
• Portuguese: incrível
• Romanian: incredibil
• Spanish: increíble

References

• “incredibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incredibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "incredibilis", 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)
• incredibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • it sounds incredible: incredibile dictu est