edulis

Latin

Etymology

From edō, probably via a u-stem *edū or *edus, plus -ilis. Compare the formations of pecū, gradus, gelū, algus, currus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈduː.lɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈd̪uː.lis]

Adjective

edūlis (neuter edūle); third-declension two-termination adjective

edible
Synonyms: ēsculentus, edibilis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	edūlis	edūle		edūlēs	edūlia
genitive	edūlis			edūlium
dative	edūlī			edūlibus
accusative	edūlem	edūle		edūlēs edūlīs	edūlia
ablative	edūlī			edūlibus
vocative	edūlis	edūle		edūlēs	edūlia

Derived terms

edūlium

Descendants

Italian: edule
Portuguese: edule

References

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