incredibilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crēdibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.kreːˈdi.bi.lis/, [ɪŋkɾeːˈd̪ɪbɪlɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kreˈdi.bi.lis/, [iŋkɾɛˈd̪iːbilis]

Adjective

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

1. unbelievable, incredible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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, 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