tangibilis

Latin

Etymology

From tangō (“I touch”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tanˈɡi.bi.lis/, [t̪äŋˈɡɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tanˈd͡ʒi.bi.lis/, [t̪än̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːbilis]

Adjective

tangibilis (neuter tangibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. touchable, tangible; able to be touched or sensed

   Quae tangibilia sunt manu.

   Things which may be touched by hand.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tangibilis	tangibile		tangibilēs	tangibilia
Genitive	tangibilis			tangibilium
Dative	tangibilī			tangibilibus
Accusative	tangibilem	tangibile		tangibilēs tangibilīs	tangibilia
Ablative	tangibilī			tangibilibus
Vocative	tangibilis	tangibile		tangibilēs	tangibilia

Synonyms

• (touchable): tactilis, tāctus

Related terms

• tactiō
• tactus
• tangō

Descendants

• Catalan: tangible
• → English: tangible
• French: tangible
• Italian: tangibile
• Portuguese: tangível
• Romanian: tangibil
• Spanish: tangible

References

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