adorabilis

Latin

Etymology

From adōrō +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adōrābilis (neuter adōrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. worthy of adoration
  2. adorable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative adōrābilis adōrābile adōrābilēs adōrābilia
genitive adōrābilis adōrābilium
dative adōrābilī adōrābilibus
accusative adōrābilem adōrābile adōrābilēs
adōrābilīs
adōrābilia
ablative adōrābilī adōrābilibus
vocative adōrābilis adōrābile adōrābilēs adōrābilia

Descendants

  • Catalan: adorable
  • French: adorable
  • Italian: adorabile
  • Norman: adouothabl'ye (Jersey)
  • Portuguese: adorável
  • Romanian: adorabil
  • Spanish: adorable

References

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