possibilis

Latin

Etymology

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From possum (“can, able”) +‎ -ibilis (“able”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.bi.lis/, [posˈsiːbilis]

Adjective

possibilis (neuter possibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. possible, that may exist, that may be done.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	possibilis	possibile		possibilēs	possibilia
Genitive	possibilis			possibilium
Dative	possibilī			possibilibus
Accusative	possibilem	possibile		possibilēs possibilīs	possibilia
Ablative	possibilī			possibilibus
Vocative	possibilis	possibile		possibilēs	possibilia

Descendants

• English: possible
• French: possible
  • Romanian: posibil
• Galician: posíbel
• Italian: possibile

• Portuguese: possível
• Spanish: posible

References

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