volatilis

Latin

Etymology

From volāt- (supine stem of volō (“to fly”)) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈlaː.ti.lis/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪äːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈla.ti.lis/, [voˈläːt̪ilis]

Adjective

volātilis (neuter volātile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. flying, winged
2. swift, rapid
3. fleeting, transitory
4. volatile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	volātilis	volātile		volātilēs	volātilia
Genitive	volātilis			volātilium
Dative	volātilī			volātilibus
Accusative	volātilem	volātile		volātilēs volātilīs	volātilia
Ablative	volātilī			volātilibus
Vocative	volātilis	volātile		volātilēs	volātilia

Derived terms

• follis volātilis (New Latin)
• pila volātilis arēnōsa (New Latin)

Descendants

• From the neuter plural volatilia:
  • French: volaille
  • Occitan: volalha
  • From merger with pulla:
    • Occitan: polalha, poralha
    • Piedmontese: polaja
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: volàtil
  • → French: volatil
  • → Galician: volátil
  • → Italian: volatile
  • → Occitan: volatil
  • → Portuguese: volátil
  • → Romanian: volatil
  • → Spanish: volátil

References

• “volatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volatilis 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)
• volatilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.