exilis

See also: ekzilis

Catalan

Noun

exilis

  1. plural of exili

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from ex- + īle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exīlis (neuter exīle, comparative exīlior, adverb exīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. small, thin, slender
  2. lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate
  3. (phonology) of the sound l, palatalized
    Antonym: pinguis

Usage notes

The superlative does not occur.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative exīlis exīle exīlēs exīlia
genitive exīlis exīlium
dative exīlī exīlibus
accusative exīlem exīle exīlēs
exīlīs 		exīlia
ablative exīlī exīlibus
vocative exīlis exīle exīlēs exīlia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: esile
  • Piedmontese: ésil
  • Portuguese: exile, exil

Verb

exilīs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of exiliō

References

  • “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) the dry, lifeless style: oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguis
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