rationabilis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ra.ti.oːˈnaː.bi.lis/, [rät̪ioːˈnäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /rat.t͡si.oˈna.bi.lis/, [rät̪ː͡s̪ioˈnäːbilis]
Adjective
ratiōnābilis (neuter ratiōnābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (of a person) rational, capable of reasoning
- (of a thing) (Late Latin) agreeable to reason, reasonable
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | ratiōnābilis | ratiōnābile | ratiōnābilēs | ratiōnābilia | |
| genitive | ratiōnābilis | ratiōnābilium | |||
| dative | ratiōnābilī | ratiōnābilibus | |||
| accusative | ratiōnābilem | ratiōnābile | ratiōnābilēs ratiōnābilīs |
ratiōnābilia | |
| ablative | ratiōnābilī | ratiōnābilibus | |||
| vocative | ratiōnābilis | ratiōnābile | ratiōnābilēs | ratiōnābilia | |
Descendants
- Asturian: razonable
- Catalan: raonable
- English: reasonable (through Old French)
- French: raisonnable
- Friulian: resonevul
- Galician: razoábel
- Italian: ragionevole
- Occitan: rasonable
- Portuguese: razoável
- Romanian: rezonabil (through French)
- Spanish: razonable
References
- “rationabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rationabilis 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)
- rationabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rationabilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016