ineffabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ effābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.nefˈfaː.bi.lis/, [ɪnɛfˈfäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.nefˈfa.bi.lis/, [inefˈfäːbilis]

Adjective

ineffābilis (neuter ineffābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. unutterable, unpronounceable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ineffābilis	ineffābile		ineffābilēs	ineffābilia
Genitive	ineffābilis			ineffābilium
Dative	ineffābilī			ineffābilibus
Accusative	ineffābilem	ineffābile		ineffābilēs ineffābilīs	ineffābilia
Ablative	ineffābilī			ineffābilibus
Vocative	ineffābilis	ineffābile		ineffābilēs	ineffābilia

Derived terms

• ineffābilitās
• ineffābiliter

Descendants

• → English: ineffable
• → French: ineffable
• → Portuguese: inefável
• → Spanish: inefable

References

• “ineffabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ineffabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.