portabilis

Latin

Etymology

From portō (“to carry, convey”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /porˈtaː.bi.lis/, [pɔrˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈta.bi.lis/, [porˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

portābilis (neuter portābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. portable, capable of being carried

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	portābilis	portābile		portābilēs	portābilia
Genitive	portābilis			portābilium
Dative	portābilī			portābilibus
Accusative	portābilem	portābile		portābilēs portābilīs	portābilia
Ablative	portābilī			portābilibus
Vocative	portābilis	portābile		portābilēs	portābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: portable
• English: portable
• French: portable
• Italian: portabile
• Occitan: portable
• Portuguese: portável
• Sicilian: purtàbbili
• Spanish: portable

References

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