probabilis

Latin

Etymology

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From probō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈbaː.bi.lis/, [prɔˈbäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈba.bi.lis/, [proˈbäːbilis]

Adjective

probābilis (neuter probābile, comparative probābilior, adverb probābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. likely, credible, probable, plausible
2. commendable, admirable
3. justifiable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	probābilis	probābile		probābilēs	probābilia
Genitive	probābilis			probābilium
Dative	probābilī			probābilibus
Accusative	probābilem	probābile		probābilēs probābilīs	probābilia
Ablative	probābilī			probābilibus
Vocative	probābilis	probābile		probābilēs	probābilia

Derived terms

• probābilitās
• probābiliter

Related terms

• probus

Descendants

• Asturian: probable
• Catalan: probable
• English: probable
• French: probable
• Galician: probable
• Italian: probabile
• Portuguese: provável
• Spanish: probable

References

• “probabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “probabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• probabilis 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)
• probabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi
    
• probabilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016