variabilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin varius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin variō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin variābilis

From variō + -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wa.riˈaː.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [va.riˈaː.bi.lis]

Adjective

variābilis (neuter variābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. variable, changeable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia
genitive	variābilis			variābilium
dative	variābilī			variābilibus
accusative	variābilem	variābile		variābilīs variābilēs	variābilia
ablative	variābilī			variābilibus
vocative	variābilis	variābile		variābilēs	variābilia

Descendants

• Asturian: variable
• Catalan: variable
• French: variable
• Galician: variable
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Spanish: variable

References

• “variabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "variabilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “variabilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.