habilis
Latin
Etymology
From habeō (“have, possess”) + -bilis, with haplology simplifying -bibi- to -bi-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈha.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bi.lis]
Adjective
habilis (neuter habile, comparative habilior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- able to have/possess/maintain
- having sufficient ability or power to do or to conduct; skillful
- suitable, apt, fit, proper
- Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, aptus, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus
- nimble, swift
- manageable
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
| genitive | habilis | habilium | |||
| dative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| accusative | habilem | habile | habilēs habilīs |
habilia | |
| ablative | habilī | habilibus | |||
| vocative | habilis | habile | habilēs | habilia | |
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References
- “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “habilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "habilis", 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)
- habilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.